Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease

Bilateral patellar tendon (BPT) rupture is an exceedingly rare cause of extensor mechanism failure with many patients having predisposing factors such as systemic disease, steroid, or antibiotic use that increase the risk. Patients may present with an inability to extend the knee, diffuse pain and s...

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Autores principales: Barner, Kyle L, Gluck, Caitlin, Witte, Kevin A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2019
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511818
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5469
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description Bilateral patellar tendon (BPT) rupture is an exceedingly rare cause of extensor mechanism failure with many patients having predisposing factors such as systemic disease, steroid, or antibiotic use that increase the risk. Patients may present with an inability to extend the knee, diffuse pain and swelling, and a high riding patella on lateral radiographs. We present a case of a young man without predisposing factors or systemic disease who experienced a BPT rupture while playing sports.
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spelling pubmed-67169812019-09-11 Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease Barner, Kyle L Gluck, Caitlin Witte, Kevin A Cureus Orthopedics Bilateral patellar tendon (BPT) rupture is an exceedingly rare cause of extensor mechanism failure with many patients having predisposing factors such as systemic disease, steroid, or antibiotic use that increase the risk. Patients may present with an inability to extend the knee, diffuse pain and swelling, and a high riding patella on lateral radiographs. We present a case of a young man without predisposing factors or systemic disease who experienced a BPT rupture while playing sports. Cureus 2019-08-23 /pmc/articles/PMC6716981/ /pubmed/31511818 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5469 Text en Copyright © 2019, Barner et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Barner, Kyle L
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Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease
title Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease
title_full Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease
title_fullStr Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease
title_full_unstemmed Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease
title_short Simultaneous Bilateral Rupture of Patellar Tendons in a Young Man Without Predisposing Factors or Systemic Disease
title_sort simultaneous bilateral rupture of patellar tendons in a young man without predisposing factors or systemic disease
topic Orthopedics
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6716981/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31511818
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5469
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