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Pathologic Fracture of The Patella Secondary to a Gouty Tophus
- Source :
- Surgical Case Reports. :1-3
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- Science Repository OU, 2019.
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Abstract
- Gout is a rare cause of patellar fracture, with few documented cases. We report a case of gout tophi in the patella, the severe transverse fracture resulting from minor trauma. The patient was managed by the same treatment principles used for patients with nonpathologic patella fractures. We preformed excising the mass, fixing the bone fragment and filling in bone defect with allograft bone. Union of the fracture was seen at three months follow-up. The patient has recovered completely and returned to his former work after 3 months postoperatively.
- Subjects :
- musculoskeletal diseases
030203 arthritis & rheumatology
030222 orthopedics
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Pathologic fracture
Allograft bone
Transverse fracture
medicine.disease
Gouty tophus
Surgery
Gout
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Minor trauma
Medicine
Patella
Patella fracture
business
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 26135965
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Surgical Case Reports
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........8b2fab794a39c0f207992447694240bb