title: Orthopaedic clinical note. Patella metastases: a case report.
abstract: Here we report the first noted case of a small cell carcinoma of the lung (oat cell carcinoma) presenting as metastases in the patella. Malignancies of the patella, primary or secondary, are rare. First presentation of a malignancy with metastases in the patella has only been recorded once previously.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Royal Preston Hospital, Fulwood, Preston, UK.
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Buckley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lavender
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Lynch
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Wharton
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000473:pathology*