title: Primary tumors of the patella.
abstract: The patella is an uncommon location for cancerous occurrence and development. The majority of tumors of the patella are benign, with a significant incidence of giant cell tumors and chondroblastoma. With the development of modern diagnostic technologies, there appear however many other histological types which raise challenges of diagnosis and treatment. In this article, we review the reported histological types of primary patellar tumors. Specifically, epidemiology, symptomatology, imageology, histopathology, and treatment options for these histological lesions will be discussed, respectively. As there is an increasing focus on the diagnosis and the treatment of these lesions, the availability of the integrated information about primary patellar tumors becomes more significant.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, Dalian, 116011, People's Republic of China. smz10gb@163.com.|Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, Dalian, 116200, People's Republic of China. smz10gb@163.com.
authors.forename: Mingzhi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Song
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, Dalian, 116011, People's Republic of China. doctorzz@126.com.
authors.forename: Zhen
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, Dalian, 116011, People's Republic of China. wuyx_23@126.com.|Department of Orthopaedics, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, Dalian, 116200, People's Republic of China. wuyx_23@126.com.
authors.forename: Yuxuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, Dalian, 116011, People's Republic of China. dmu_makai@sina.com.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, The First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Liaoning, Dalian, 116011, People's Republic of China. luming_dmu@sina.com.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D010329:Patella / Q000473:pathology*