A 77-year-old man with right anterior knee pain. Intraosseous gout of the patella.
The following case is presented to illustrate the roentgenographic and clinical findings of a condition of interest to the orthopaedic surgeon. Initial history, physical findings, and roentgenographic examinations are found on the first two pages. The final clinical and roentgenographic differential diagnoses are presented on the following pages.
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Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri.
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D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006073:Gout / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed