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World J Orthop. Oct 18, 2015; 6(9): 744-749
Published online Oct 18, 2015. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v6.i9.744
Published online Oct 18, 2015. doi: 10.5312/wjo.v6.i9.744
Ewings sarcoma of patella: A rare entity treated with a novel technique of extensor mechanism reconstruction using tendoachilles auto graft
Rejith Mannambeth Valsalan, Balaji Zacharia, Department of Orthopaedics, Govt. Medical College, Kerala 673017, India
Author contributions: Valsalan RM and Zacharia B designed the report; Zacharia B collected clinical data and imaging; both authors analysed the data and wrote the paper.
Institutional review board statement: The study was reviewed and approved by Govt. Medical College, Kozhikkode.
Informed consent statement: All study participants, or their legal guardian, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest statement: None.
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Correspondence to: Dr. Balaji Zacharia, MSortho, Dortho, Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Govt. Medical College, Kozhikkode, Kerala 673017, India. balaji.zacharia@gmail.com
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Received: March 8, 2015
Peer-review started: March 15, 2015
First decision: April 17, 2015
Revised: July 15, 2015
Accepted: July 21, 2015
Article in press: July 23, 2015
Published online: October 18, 2015
Peer-review started: March 15, 2015
First decision: April 17, 2015
Revised: July 15, 2015
Accepted: July 21, 2015
Article in press: July 23, 2015
Published online: October 18, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: We are presenting an article of Ewings sarcoma (ES) of the patella-a rare entity treated by a novel technique. The common reported tumors of the patella include chondroblastoma, giantcell tumor, osteosarcoma, metastasis, etc. We could not find any report on a single case of ES/PNET in the patella treated with patellectomy and extensor mechanism reconstruction using tendoachilles auto graft in the whole of English bio-medical literature. We present here a case of ES of the right patella in a 26 years old female. All reported extensor mechanism reconstructions after patellectomy were by tendoachilles allografts. We resorted to a novel technique of reconstruction of the extensor mechanism using tendoachilles auto graft.