title: Osteochondritis dissecans of the patella in a XVII century player of the Florentine historic kickball.
abstract: We report a case of osteochondritis dissecans in the patella of Francesco de' Medici, Prince of Capistrano, who lived from 1594 to 1614. He was known to play Florentine kick ball, a precursor of Rugby and American football, and speculate that trauma from this activity may have led to the lesion.
authors.affiliation: History of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Histology and Legal Medicine, University of Florence, Italy. donatella.lippi@unifi.it
authors.forename: Donatella
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lippi
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matucci-Cerinic
authors.forename: Natale
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Villari
authors.forename: Gino
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fornaciari
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mascalchi
mesh_terms: D005538:Football / Q000266:history* / Q000293:injuries; D049669:History, 16th Century; D049670:History, 17th Century; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D007594:Joint Loose Bodies / Q000266:history; D010008:Osteochondritis Dissecans / Q000209:etiology / Q000266:history*; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries / Q000473:pathology*