describing a bursa between the skin of the knee and the patella
Examples of 'prepatellar' in a sentence
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Prepatellar bursitis and septic bursitis are the other common causes of a swollen patellar bursa.
Macit Kalçık, Lütfi Öcal, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Mahmut Yesin, Mustafa Yıldız, MehmetÖzkan 2016, 'Spontaneous Prepatellar Bursa Hematoma in a Patient with Mechanical Prosthetic HeartValve', Koşuyolu Heart Journalhttp://www.kosuyoluheartjournal.com/managete/fu_folder/2016-1/2016-19-1-044-046.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Septic bursitis most commonly affects the olecranon and prepatellar bursae.
Kenneth Herring, Seth Mathern, Morteza Khodaee 2018, 'Septic Infrapatellar Bursitis in an Immunocompromised Female', Case Reports in Orthopedicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/9086201. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The prepatellar bursa can become inflamed owing to repeated trauma.
Panagiotis Kratimenos, Ioannis Koutroulis, Dante Marconi, Jennifer Ding, ChristosPlakas, Margaret Fisher 2014, 'Septic Bursitis in an 8-Year-Old Boy', Case Reports in Pediatricshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/823921. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
If untreated, prepatellar bursitis can progress to patellar osteomyelitis.
Panagiotis Kratimenos, Ioannis Koutroulis, Dante Marconi, Jennifer Ding, ChristosPlakas, Margaret Fisher 2014, 'Septic Bursitis in an 8-Year-Old Boy', Case Reports in Pediatricshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/823921. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Brucellosis presenting as prepatellar bursitis has already been reported.
F. M. Almajid 2017, 'A Rare Form of Brucella Bursitis with Negative Serology: A Case Report and LiteratureReview', Case Reports in Infectious Diseaseshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/9802532. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Fifteen patients had prepatellar bursitis, 13 had olecranon bursitis and 4 had ankle bursitis.
Azad Yıldırım, Ahmet Kapukaya , Yılmaz Mertsoy , Şehmus Yiğit , Mehmet Akif Çaçan 2015, 'Treatment of nonseptic bursitis with endoscopic surgery', Journal of Clinical and Experimental Investigationshttp://www.jceionline.org/upload/sayi/28/JCEI-01185.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
A 72 year-old-male was referred to our institution with recalcitrant prepatellar bursitis.
Ivor S. Vanhegan, B. Dala-Ali, L. Verhelst, P. Mallucci, Fares S. Haddad 2012, 'The Morel-Lavallée Lesion as a Rare Differential Diagnosis for Recalcitrant Bursitisof the Knee: Case Report and Literature Review', Case Reports in Orthopedicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/593193. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Our case illustrates the importance of considering tuberculous prepatellar bursal infection in the differential diagnosis of anterior knee swelling.
Abdulrahman D. Algarni 2019, 'Prepatellar Bursal Infection Caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis with an In SituTotal Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report and Comprehensive Literature Review', Case Reports in Infectious Diseaseshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2019/4536714. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The patient subsequently underwent operative debridement which revealed an intratendinous patellar abscess with extension to involve the prepatellar bursa.
Michael Glass, MD, Brian Everist, MD, Douglas Nelson, MD, Jayden Spencer, MD 2019, 'Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcal aureus patellar tendon abscess and septic prepatellarbursitis in an injection drug user', Radiology Case Reportshttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043318304679. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
We report an unusual case of patellar button migration 11 years after total knee arthroplasty to the prepatellar bursa.
Thomas Hester, Farid Moftah 2016, 'An Unusual Prepatellar Bursa Swelling: Patellar Button Dissociation and Migration',Case Reports in Orthopedicshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8208271. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)