Patellar metastases. A report of two cases

H Kawamura; K Ogata; H Miura; Y Sugioka

doi:10.1007/BF00195227

Patellar metastases. A report of two cases

Int Orthop. 1993;17(1):57-9. doi: 10.1007/BF00195227.

Authors

H Kawamura¹, K Ogata, H Miura, Y Sugioka

Affiliation

¹ Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, Japan.

PMID: 8383633
DOI: 10.1007/BF00195227

Abstract

Primary bone tumours and metastases of the patella are rare. We report two cases of metastases, one from a carcinoma of the salivary gland which was bilateral and the other from extramammary Paget's disease with invasive carcinoma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Bone Neoplasms / diagnosis
Bone Neoplasms / secondary*
Carcinoma / diagnosis
Carcinoma / secondary*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Invasiveness
Paget Disease, Extramammary / pathology*
Patella*
Salivary Gland Neoplasms / pathology*