Arthroscopically assisted knee contracture release secondary to melorheostosis: a case report.
Melorheostosis is a rare non-hereditary bone disease characterized by a radiographic pattern of flowing hyperostosis along the cortex with sclerotomal distribution. We report a case of a patient with severe knee contracture and a restricted range of motion caused by intraarticular bone fragment and hyperostotic bone lesions secondary to melorheostosis. An arthroscopically assisted approach was used successfully in order to remove free bone fragments and to release the hyperostotic lesions in the bone cortex of the distal femur.
Claramunt
Raúl Torres
RT
Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. RTorresClaramunt@parcdesalutmar.cat
López
Xavier Pelfort
XP
Palou
Enric Cáceres
EC
García
Joan C Monllau
JC
Verdie
Lluís Puig
LP
D001182:Arthroscopy; D003286:Contracture / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008557:Melorheostosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography