Isolated Paget Disease of the Patella Complicated with Ipsilateral Femoral Head Bone Marrow Edema: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Autor: Evaggelos Pantazis, Vasileios Vrangalas, Avraam Ploumis, Pavlos Christodoulou, Stephanos Milias
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Southern Medical Journal. 101:753-755
ISSN: 0038-4348
DOI: 10.1097/smj.0b013e31815d202c
Popis: The patella is rarely affected by Paget disease of bone. The authors report a 54-year-old lady with ipsilateral knee and hip pain, initially misdiagnosed as patella stress fracture and early degenerative hip arthritis, who was later found to have Paget disease of the patella with ipsilateral femoral head bone marrow edema. South Med J
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