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We aimed to characterize the longitudinal MRI behavior of OVs and JOCD lesions in asymptomatic siblings of JOCD patients.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this HIPAA-compliant longitudinal pilot study, seven asymptomatic siblings of JOCD patients underwent serial 3\u00a0T bilateral knee MRI. Two fellowship-trained musculoskeletal radiologists independently assessed 56 studies for bone marrow edema, lesion location, and MRI-defined category (OV or JOCD).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>OV and MRI-defined JOCD lesions were identified in 21 of 28 condyles (75%, 95% CI: 56.6\u201387.3%), while 7 condyles (25%, 95% CI: 12.7\u201343.4%) remained normal throughout follow-up. Six condyles demonstrated MRI-defined JOCD lesions at one or more timepoints. Three OV lesions evolved over time: two progressed to MRI-defined JOCD but remained clinically silent, and one progressed from OV to MRI-defined JOCD and subsequently to clinically manifest JOCD requiring surgery. Using Generalized Linear Mixed model, a statistically significant association was found between bone marrow edema and MRI-defined category (F\u2009=\u200931.73, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001). OV lesions showed absent or trace edema, whereas JOCD showed definite edema. Inter-reader agreement using Cohen\u2019s Kappa was moderate to substantial between the radiologists (\u03ba\u2009=\u20090.479\u20130.739, 95% CI: 0.314\u20130.633, 0.644\u20130.845, p\u2009&lt;\u20090.001).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In siblings of patients with JOCD, OV lesions are common and may represent dynamic MRI phenotypes along a continuum of epiphyseal ossification abnormalities, with occasional progression to MRI-defined JOCD and rare progression to clinically manifest JOCD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1007\/s00256-026-05254-8","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,8]],"date-time":"2026-06-08T07:38:06Z","timestamp":1780904286000},"page":"2565-2575","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Ossification variants of the distal femoral condyle: longitudinal 3\u00a0T MRI evidence of progression to juvenile osteochondritis dissecans in asymptomatic siblings of patients with JOCD"],"prefix":"10.1007","volume":"55","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7670-8134","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Abdul Wahed","family":"Kajabi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Saumith","family":"Bachigari","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Theo","family":"Nguyen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Eisa","family":"Hedayati","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Karsten","family":"Knutsen","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Aileen","family":"Ugurbil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anna","family":"Menezes","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Michael","family":"Newcome","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rohan","family":"Raikar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Marc A.","family":"Tompkins","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takashi","family":"Takahashi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bradley J.","family":"Nelson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kevin G.","family":"Shea","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jutta M.","family":"Ellermann","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,6,8]]},"reference":[{"issue":"12","key":"5254_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"3039","DOI":"10.1177\/03635465241277162","volume":"52","author":"LAM Kemmeren","year":"2024","unstructured":"Kemmeren LAM, et al. 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