Familial osteochondritis dissecans is a rare genetic skeletal disorder characterized clinically by abnormal chondro-skeletal development, disproportionate short stature and skeletal deformation mainly affecting the knees, hips, ankles and elbows with onset generally in late childhood or adolescence. The disease is Familial osteochondritis dissecans (Orphanet_251262). Also known as: Osteochondritis dissecans and short stature.