Patellar metastasis from a malignant melanoma

Jaeger, H J; Kruegener, G. H.; Donovan, Andrew

doi:10.1007/bf00182712

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“…Histopathological examination of the skin biopsy revealed a superficial spreading type of malignant melanoma with an invasion; the changes in the patella confirmed metastatic malignant melanoma (39).…”

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 91%

“…Clinically, the patients presented with increasing anterior knee pain and swelling in the affected knee (32,39,40). Patients were not able to bear weight on the affected leg for more than a short period of time.…”

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Upon physical examination, symptoms including mild pain, mass, swelling, tenderness, heat and limited motion of the patellar were observed (32,39,40). Furthermore, the quadriceps muscle was atrophied (39).…”

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the quadriceps muscle was atrophied (39). In 2 cases, multiple metastases were established in lymph nodes of different regions (32).…”

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The cortex was intact without periosteal reaction (39). A chest X-ray revealed large basal opacities suggestive of multiple metastases (39). PET-CT was performed to investigate metastatic areas.…”

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Patellar metastasis from primary tumor (Review)

Shan

Sun

et al. 2017

Oncol Lett

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Abstract. Although bone tumors are frequently located in the knee area, primary tumors of the patella are rare and patellar metastases are even rarer. Knee pain is the most common complaint of patients with patellar metastases. Owing to the low incidence of patellar metastases, misdiagnosis is not unusual. The present review analyzes ~44 cases of patellar metastases originating from distinct primary sites. Reports of malignant tumors of the lung and kidney metastasizing to the patella were more common than those of other patellar metastases. Relative incidence, symptomatology, imaging features, histopathology and treatment options for these patellar metastatic lesions are described respectively along with a review of the literature. Despite numerous experiments demonstrating the reasons for implantation of tumor in patella, the answer to this question has not yet been revealed. In the light of the increasing attention on the diagnosis and the treatment of these lesions, the availability of the integrated information regarding metastases in the patella becomes more relevant.

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Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 91%

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, the quadriceps muscle was atrophied (39). In 2 cases, multiple metastases were established in lymph nodes of different regions (32).…”

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Malignant Melanomamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Patellar metastasis from primary tumor (Review)

Shan

Sun

et al. 2017

Oncol Lett

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Tumours and Tumour-Like Lesions of the Patella

2009

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Patellametastase eines Kolonkarzinoms

Griener¹,

Müller-Färber²

2001

Der Unfallchirurg

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Although bone tumors are often located in the knee area, primary tumors of the patella are rare, and patellar metastases extremely rare. Only a few cases were reported in the literature originating from different primary tumors, mostly lung and breast [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 22]. There is only one other case description of a colon carcinoma [21]. We present a rare case of primary sigma carcinoma and patellar metastasis. Because of the increasing rate of colon carcinomas, neoplastic disease must be considered in the differential diagnosis in any patient with otherwise unexplained knee pain.

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Patellar metastasis from a malignant melanoma

Abstract: We report a patient with a patellar metastasis from a malignant melanoma. Only 16 other cases have been previously described in detail in the literature. A lytic lesion in the patella is most often caused by a benign tumour, but a primary or secondary malignant tumour has to be excluded.

Cited by 14 publications

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Patellar metastasis from primary tumor (Review)

Patellar metastasis from primary tumor (Review)

Tumours and Tumour-Like Lesions of the Patella

Patellametastase eines Kolonkarzinoms

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