Healing of osteochondritis dissecans following congenital dislocation of the hip: report of a case.

An 18-month-old boy treated for congenital dislocation of the hip, developed osteochondritis dissecans of the femoral head. Serial roentgenograms demonstrated that the lesion had healed by the time he was 15 years of age. There have been no previous reports of healing of osteochondritis dissecans complicating congenital dislocation of the hip, or Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease, although healing in idiopathic cases has been described.