title: Arthroscopically assisted knee contracture release secondary to melorheostosis: a case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Hospital del Mar, Passeig Marítim 25-29, 08003 Barcelona, Spain. RTorresClaramunt@parcdesalutmar.cat
authors.forename: Raúl Torres
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Claramunt
authors.forename: Xavier Pelfort
authors.initials: XP
authors.lastname: López
authors.forename: Enric Cáceres
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Palou
authors.forename: Joan C Monllau
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: García
authors.forename: Lluís Puig
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Verdie
mesh_terms: 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