title: Patellar metastasis from a lung epidermoid carcinoma.
abstract: Patellar metastases are very rare. There have been approximately 20 cases reported in the literature. We have also noted two other reports of patellar metastasis from lung carcinoma as the first manifestation of lung cancer in our literature review. We present a case of patellar metastasis as the first manifestation of lung epidermoid carcinoma in a patient who was a smoker for 33 years.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey. saktas@turk.net
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aktas
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Demiral
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bilgi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Caglar
authors.forename: O U
authors.initials: OU
authors.lastname: Calpur
mesh_terms: D001175:Arthrography; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010329:Patella; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed