Patellar metastasis from a lung epidermoid carcinoma.
10.3349/ymj.1998.39.5.474
- Author:
Seref AKTAS
1
;
Halim DEMIRAL
;
Selcuk BILGI
;
Tuncay CAGLAR
;
Osman U CALPUR
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Trakya University Faculty of Medicine, Edirne, Turkey. saktas @turk.net
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- Keywords:
Lung carcinoma;
metastasis;
patella;
smoking
- MeSH:
Arthrography;
Bone Neoplasms/secondary*;
Bone Neoplasms/radiography;
Bone Neoplasms/pathology;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/secondary*;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/radiography;
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/pathology;
Case Report;
Human;
Lung Neoplasms/radiography*;
Male;
Middle Age;
Patella*;
Radiography, Thoracic;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Yonsei Medical Journal
1998;39(5):474-477
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Patellar metastases are very rare. There have been approximately 20 cases reported in the literature. We have also noted two other reports of patellar metastasis from lung carcinoma as the first manifestation of lung cancer in our literature review. We present a case of patellar metastasis as the first manifestation of lung epidermoid carcinoma in a patient who was a smoker for 33 years.
