{"title":"Chronic Osteomyelitis of Patella in a Child.","authors":"Bijay Poudel, Shreejana Pandey, Jagadamba Gupta Teli, Aashutosh Chaudhary, Amartya Dahal","doi":"10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-24-00192","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Osteomyelitis, an infection of bone, commonly affects long bones. Chronic osteomyelitis of patella is a rare entity, and diagnosis is often delayed. We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with chronic osteomyelitis of patella who underwent treatment at our center. We conclude that diagnosis of patellar osteomyelitis needs a high index of suspicion. Early treatment is essential to save the patella and the knee of the patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":45062,"journal":{"name":"Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Global Research and Reviews","volume":"9 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11882295/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Global Research and Reviews","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5435/JAAOSGlobal-D-24-00192","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/3/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"ORTHOPEDICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Osteomyelitis, an infection of bone, commonly affects long bones. Chronic osteomyelitis of patella is a rare entity, and diagnosis is often delayed. We present a case of an 11-year-old boy with chronic osteomyelitis of patella who underwent treatment at our center. We conclude that diagnosis of patellar osteomyelitis needs a high index of suspicion. Early treatment is essential to save the patella and the knee of the patient.