Traumatic Separation of Bipartite Patella Underlying Gout
- Author:
Eun Seok CHOI
1
;
Jae Ang SIM
;
Jae Yun GO
;
Young Gon NA
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:Journal of the Korean Society of Traumatology 2018;31(3):189-193
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Gouty arthritis is a common crystal arthropathy, but gout tophus in the bipartite patella is a rare condition. This report presented a traumatic separation of bipartite patellar fragment caused by mild trauma in a patient with comorbid gout. When a patient with bipartite patella and underlying gouty arthritis complains of pain after trauma, clinical suspicion is needed about fragment separation of the bipartite patella.
