title: [Knee contusion with an interesting incidental finding].
abstract: During examination of a 42 year old male patient from Mauretania with an injured knee in the emergency ward, a dracunculiasis - Guinea worm disease - was incidentally diagnosed. As travelling is generally increasing, this disease might be encountered more frequently also in Europe.
authors.affiliation: Departement Chirurgie der Universität Basel, Kantonsspital.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Linder
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003288:Contusions / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D004320:Dracunculiasis / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography
vernacular_title: Eine Kniekontusion mit interessantem Zufallsbefund.