Osteomyelitis of the Patella in a 10-Year-Old Girl: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

The incidence of osteomyelitis constantly declines. While the disease most commonly affects the long bones, involvement of the patella is rarely seen. Due to this rarity and the variable clinical presentation, diagnosis is often delayed. The present case report describes a 10-year-old female patient...

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Autores principales: Sperl, Matthias, Novak, Michael, Sperl, Daniela, Svehlik, Martin, Singer, Georg, Kraus, Tanja
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5412139/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28484657
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6573271
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Sumario:The incidence of osteomyelitis constantly declines. While the disease most commonly affects the long bones, involvement of the patella is rarely seen. Due to this rarity and the variable clinical presentation, diagnosis is often delayed. The present case report describes a 10-year-old female patient with a delayed diagnosis of patella osteomyelitis. The diagnostic procedures and the treatment regimen are described. Additionally, a detailed literature review of the available publications reporting osteomyelitis of the patella in children is presented.

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