Metastasis of any kind to the patella is rare.
Metastasis to the patella causing symptoms representing the first presentation of underlying malignancy is rarer still. We report the case of a previously fit and well 74-year-old male presenting with left anterior knee pain. The initial diagnosis was osteoarthritis but after continued symptoms a diagnosis of solitary patella metastasis from a primary renal cell carcinoma was confirmed.
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Broomfield J, Ralte P, Morapudi S, Vasireddy N, Kershaw S. Are you the author?
Macclesfield District General Hospital, Macclesfield, UK.
Reference: J Surg Case Rep. 2014 Mar 27;2014(3).
doi: 10.1093/jscr/rju018
PubMed Abstract
PMID: 24876400
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