Isolated skeletal metastasis to the patella.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2000
Abstract
Metastases to the patella are rarely described in the literature. A 51-year-old man with stage IIIB adenocarcinoma presented to our clinic. One year after radiation and chemotherapy treatment, it was found that he had a metastasis in the right patella. Six months after incisional biopsy with curettage of the patellar lesion and placement of methylmethacrylate bone cement into the remaining patellar defect, he has no pain and is ambulatory. This case has been presented as a basis for palliative surgery in a patient with a rare metastatic tumor of the patella.
Volume
29
Issue
3
First Page
210
Last Page
212
ISSN
1078-4519
Published In/Presented At
Cooper, M. E., & Mess, D. (2000). Isolated skeletal metastasis to the patella. American journal of orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.), 29(3), 210–212.
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
10746472
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article