Acute osteomyelitis of the patella 50 years after a knee fusion for septic arthritis. A case report.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Nontraumatic, hematogenous osteomyelitis of an unfused patella occurred in a 62-year-old female patient, 50 years after septic arthritis of the knee was treated in childhood by femorotibial fusion. This extremely rare condition was successfully treated by a patellectomy, continuous irrigation, and antibiotics. This occurrence seems not to have been reported previously in English literature.
Medical subject headings
- Arthritis, Infectious
- Arthrodesis
- Knee Joint
- Osteomyelitis
- Patella
- Postoperative Complications
Anatomy
- knee