J Korean Soc Traumatol.  2018 Dec;31(3):189-193. 10.20408/jti.2018.028.

Traumatic Separation of Bipartite Patella Underlying Gout

Affiliations
  • 1Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Chungnam National University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
  • 2Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gachon University Gil Medical Center, Incheon, Korea. orthonyg@gmail.com

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.

Keyword

Patella; Gout; Injuries

MeSH Terms

Arthritis, Gouty
Gout*
Humans
Patella*
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