Open AccessSynovial Sarcoma with Limited Lesions of Lateral Condyle of the Femur (Case Report)
Author(s) -
M. Yu. Tschupak,
K. A. Denisov
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
vestnik travmatologii i ortopedii imeni n.n. priorova
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2658-6738
pISSN - 0869-8678
DOI - 10.17816/vto104404
Subject(s) - medicine , condyle , femur , outpatient clinic , knee joint , osteoarthritis , knee pain , surgery , nonsteroidal , sarcoma , pathology , alternative medicine
Patient I., 46 years old, admitted to Hospital No. 62 on March 28, 1997, complaining of constant pains in the left knee joint and some restriction of movements in it. Swelling of the lateral condyle of the femur had appeared 6 months earlier, which was followed by pain, for which the patient applied to the local outpatient clinic. The patient was diagnosed with osteoarthritis, underwent physiotherapy, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. However, the pain was increasing. X-ray of the knee joint was performed, which revealed destruction of the external condyle of the left femur. The patient was hospitalized.