[A painful knee that cannot bend]

Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd. 2017:161:D1604.
[Article in Dutch]

Abstract

A 59-year-old woman was seen at the ER with a painful right knee locked in extension. This was caused by unloaded hyperextension in bed. Interlocking patellofemoral osteophytes and a superior patella dislocation tilted away from the femur were seen on the X-ray, which are both pathognomonic signs of a superior dislocation of the patella.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Humans
  • Knee
  • Knee Joint / pathology
  • Middle Aged
  • Patellar Dislocation / diagnosis*
  • Radiography