Acute osteomyelitis of the patella 50 years after a knee fusion for septic arthritis. A case report.
Nontraumatic, hematogenous osteomyelitis of an unfused patella occurred in a 62-year-old female patient, 50 years after septic arthritis of the knee was treated in childhood by femorotibial fusion. This extremely rare condition was successfully treated by a patellectomy, continuous irrigation, and antibiotics. This occurrence seems not to have been reported previously in English literature.
Orthopaedic Department of General Hospital "Agios Andreas," Patras, Greece.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000601:surgery*; D001174:Arthrodesis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008875:Middle Aged; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000209:etiology*; D010329:Patella; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013997:Time Factors