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A young patient presented with a progressive right knee pain and swelling that was worse on ambulation. Following appropriate investigations, he was confirmed having Ewing’s sarcoma of the right patella. Two cycles of chemotherapy were initiated before he sustained a fall and a resultant pathological patellar fracture. He finally underwent a total right patellectomy and extensor mechanism reconstruction using Achilles tendon allograft in an attempt to eradicate the disease and salvage his knee extensor mechanism. At 1-year follow-up, no disease recurrence was observed, and the patient had a full range of motion but with slight weakness of the extensor mechanism.
- musculoskeletal and joint disorders
- chemotherapy
- patellofemoral pain
- ligament rupture
- orthopaedic and trauma surgery
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Contributors EA raised the idea of writing the article. He identified the case and was involved in the clinical and operative management of the patient. He made substantial contribution in the research, writing, analysis, interpretation and final approval of the work. He is also the guarantor of the paper. AA was involved in the research of the work. NA made substantial contribution in the interpretation of the work. AAJ provided extensive pathological analysis of the specimens which she later reviewed many times and summarised to fit in the article appropriately. She also provided high quality images of the slides and made substantial contribution in the research of the work.
Competing interests None declared.
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