title: Patellar metastasis from a large bowel adenocarcinoma.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University Hospital, Lille, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Urvoy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mestdagh
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Butin
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lecomte-Houcke
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maynou
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography