title: Ipsilateral femoral shaft and vertical patella fracture: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A femoral shaft fracture with an ipsilateral patella fracture has been, to our knowledge, given only cursory attention in English-speaking literature.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 15 year old male patient had hitten by a car to his motorcycle came to emergency room and he had been operated for his femoral shaft freacture and vertical patellar fracture which was iniatally missed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To us it is vital to obtain CT scan of the patient's knee if there is an ipsilateral femoral fracture with an ipsilateral knee effusion and a punction which reveals hematoma even in the absence of a fracture line seen in AP and lateral projections.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Goztepe Research and Training Hospital Fahrettin Kerim Gokay street. Kadikoy/ Istanbul post code 34722 Turkey. korhanozkan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Korhan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ozkan
authors.forename: Hakan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Cift
authors.forename: Engin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Eceviz
authors.forename: Adem
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sahin
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ugutmen