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The clinical variability is wide, and the first clinical manifestations still occur in childhood with joint pain and stiffness that evolve into degenerative joint disease. MED, caused by mutations in the Cartilage Oligomeric Matrix Protein (COMP) gene, is the most common form of the disease. COMP-MED usually shows significant involvement of the capital femoral epiphyses and irregular acetabulum; instead, COL9A1-, COL9A2-, and COL9A3-MED appear to have more severe knee involvement than hips, resulting in a milder presentation than COMP-MED cases. Other complications have been reported, in particular osteochondritis dissecans (OCD), which has been described in two large COL9A2-related MED families associated with myopathy. Methods: Here, we report the case of a 24-year-old man affected by COMP-MED with a positive family history for the disease and a clinical presentation that interestingly is characterized by the presence of multiple OCD. Results: To our knowledge, this is the first case of COMP mutations related to multiple OCD as the main clinical feature. 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