Bilateral patellar metastases as the clinical presentation of bronchogenic adenocarcinoma.
Common symptoms of the musculoskeletal system may occur as a rare presentation of an underlying malignancy. We describe a case of bronchogenic adenocarcinoma presenting as bilateral knee pain with arthritis due to bilateral metastases to the patellae. We also review the literature of patellar metastases.
Pauzner
R
R
Department of Medicine E, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel.
Istomin
V
V
Segal-Lieberman
G
G
Matetzky
S
S
Farfel
Z
Z
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D001168:Arthritis / Q000209:etiology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D002283:Carcinoma, Bronchogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed