Table 2.
Tissue source for histological analysis
| Author | Year | Journal | Loose body/excised fragment | Progeny and parent | Lesion location | Cylindrical biopsy dimension (width × length) | Histological analysis, section thickness | Time from subjective symptom onset to surgery, mean (range) | Time from diagnosis to biopsy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell and Ranawat [3] | 1966 | J Trauma | – | Yes | MFC | – | – | – | – |
| Chiroff and Cooke [4] | 1975 | J Trauma | Yes | – | – | – | – | 3–10 years* | – |
| Green and Banks [8] | 1953 | JBJS | Yes | – | MFC | – | – | Approximately 14 and 18 months | Approximately 17 and 2 months |
| King [9] | 1932 | JBJS | Yes | – | MFC | – | – | Acute, approximately 3 years | – |
| Koch et al. [10] | 1997 | KSSTA | – | Yes | – | – | 10 mm | – | – |
| Linden and Telhag [14] | 1977 | Acta Orthop Scand | – | Yes | MFC | 2 mm | 7 mm | 4.9 years (9 months to 17 years) | – |
| Milgram [16] | 1978 | Radiol | Yes | – | – | – | – | 1.5 years, several years, 10 years† | – |
| Portigliatti Barbos et al. [20] | 1985 | Ital J Orthop Traumatol | – | Yes | 8 MFC, 3 LFC, 1 both | – | 30–40 μm | – | – |
| Uozumi et al. [28] | 2009 | AJSM | – | Yes | MFC | 6–10 mm × 20 mm | – | 1–60 months | – |
| Yonetani et al. [31] | 2010 | KSSTA | – | Yes | MFC | 14-gauge biopsy needle | 4 mm | 17 months (5–24 months) | – |
| Yonetani et al. [30] | 2010 | Arthroscopy | Unclear | Unclear | 6 MFC, 2 LFC, 1 trochlea | 14-gauge biopsy needle, 20-mm depth | – | 1 week to 9 months* | – |
* One case was unknown; †of 50 cases, subjective symptom onset was reported only in three; JBJS = Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery; KSSTA = Knee Surgery, Sports Traumatology, Arthroscopy; AJSM = American Journal of Sports Medicine; MFC = medial femoral condyle; LFC = lateral femoral condyle.