Acute osteomyelitis of the patella
Moyikoua, A.; Bouity-Buang, J.C.; Ngatse-Oko; Pena-Pitra, B.
Acta Orthopaedica Belgica 59(1): 98-99
1993
ISSN/ISBN: 0001-6462 PMID: 8484332 Document Number: 421524
The authors report on an observation of acute osteomyelitis of the patella in a non-sickle-anemic 8-year-old child. The literature helps confirm the scarcity of the disease, the difficulties of diagnosis and the good prognosis of the lesion in the child.