Patellar metastasis from a large bowel adenocarcinoma.


Published online: Dec 27 1993

P Urvoy, H Mestdagh, E Butin, M Lecomte-Houcke, and C Maynou.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital, Lille, France.

Abstract

Although bone tumors are often located in the knee area, primary tumors of the patella are rare (6, 8), and patellar metastases even rarer. A few cases were reported in the literature, originating from the breast, lung, kidney, uterine cervix and oesophagus. We report a case, for the first time to our knowledge, of a patellar metastasis from a large bowel carcinoma.

Open access journal

This is an open access journal which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles in this journal without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access.