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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov-Dec;147(6):743-6.
doi: 10.1055/s-0029-1185918. Epub 2009 Oct 9.

[Ossifying bursitis praepatellaris of the knee joint]

[Article in German]
M Erler  1
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Case Reports

[Ossifying bursitis praepatellaris of the knee joint]

[Article in German]
M Erler. Z Orthop Unfall. 2009 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

A 53-year-old patient was admitted to our hospital with a tumour at the site of the left knee joint praepatellar. The diagnostic imaging, operative findings and histology showed a chronic ossifying bursitis praepatellaris of the knee joint. Aetiology and pathogenesis of the ossifying bursitis are discussed.

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