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Case Reports
. 2016 Dec;72(Suppl 1):S115-S119.
doi: 10.1016/j.mjafi.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Mar 2.

A rare case of intra-articular heterotopic ossification of knee following intra-medullary nailing of fracture tibia in a patient with fat embolism

B Hari Krishnan  1 , Yogesh Sharma  2 , Anjan Prabhakara  3
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Case Reports

A rare case of intra-articular heterotopic ossification of knee following intra-medullary nailing of fracture tibia in a patient with fat embolism

B Hari Krishnan et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2016 Dec.
No abstract available

Keywords: Fat embolism; Heterotopic ossification; Intramedullary nailing.

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Figures

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Fig. 1
AP and lateral radiographs of the left knee showing heterotopic ossification in the retropatellar fat pad involving the patellar tendon.
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Axial and sagittal section computed tomography images (bone window) of left knee showing heterotopic ossification mass in the retropatellar fat pad.
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Per-operative photographs of the heterotopic ossification mass seen in retropatellar fat pad.
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Photographs of the heterotopic ossification mass excised from retropatellar fat pad.
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Fig. 5
AP and lateral radiograph of the left knee following excision of heterotopic ossification mass.
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