Patella cubiti: a case report and literature review.
Patella cubiti is a rare elbow anomaly in which either the entire olecranon or a part of it remains separate from the proximal ulna. Pain and stiffness are the usual presenting symptoms while some patients are diagnosed incidentally following a minor trauma. Our case report is of a 24-year-old male wrestler with bilateral patella cubiti which was painful on right side and asymptomatic on the left. We also mention an additional cause of pain in patella cubiti-intra-articular loose bodies. These loose bodies were removed surgically and the patient remained asymptomatic at 6-months follow-up. Presence of growth disturbance in the secondary epiphyseal centre of first lumbar vertebra supports the 'developmental theory' of origin of patella cubiti. A compilation of data available in the literature on patella cubiti has been included.
Department of Orthopaedics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, 110029, India.
Ravi
R
Mittal
Venkatesan
V
Sampath Kumar
Tushar
T
Gupta
D000328:Adult; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056740:Olecranon Process / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D055815:Young Adult