Ultrasound diagnosis of quadriceps tendon tear in an uncooperative patient

A 38-year-old intoxicated man presented to the emergency department with a painful, swollen left knee and inability to ambulate after being tackled to the ground. The patient was uncooperative, and physical examination of the lower extremities was limited by his intoxication. Radiographic examinatio...

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Autores principales: Secko, Michael, Diaz, Michelle, Paladino, Lorenzo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3214514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22090751
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.86652
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description A 38-year-old intoxicated man presented to the emergency department with a painful, swollen left knee and inability to ambulate after being tackled to the ground. The patient was uncooperative, and physical examination of the lower extremities was limited by his intoxication. Radiographic examination of the knee was unremarkable. Ultrasound of the knee revealed a quadriceps tendon rupture. The sonographic features of quadriceps tendon rupture are described, as is the role ultrasound plays in the assessment of a swollen, painful knee.
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spelling pubmed-32145142011-11-16 Ultrasound diagnosis of quadriceps tendon tear in an uncooperative patient Secko, Michael Diaz, Michelle Paladino, Lorenzo J Emerg Trauma Shock Case Report A 38-year-old intoxicated man presented to the emergency department with a painful, swollen left knee and inability to ambulate after being tackled to the ground. The patient was uncooperative, and physical examination of the lower extremities was limited by his intoxication. Radiographic examination of the knee was unremarkable. Ultrasound of the knee revealed a quadriceps tendon rupture. The sonographic features of quadriceps tendon rupture are described, as is the role ultrasound plays in the assessment of a swollen, painful knee. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3214514/ /pubmed/22090751 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-2700.86652 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Emergencies, Trauma, and Shock http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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