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Disruption of the extensor mechanism in Paget's disease
A S Lapinsky1, D E Padgett, F W Hall
1Department of Orthopedics, Naval Hospital, San Diego, California, USA.
American Journal of Orthopedics (Belle Mead, N.J.)
|February 1, 1995
Abstract:
An unusual complication of Paget's disease is described wherein the extensor mechanism of the knee joint was disrupted because of avulsion of the patellar tendon from the tibial tubercle in a region of pagetic bone. The patient underwent successful surgical treatment of this condition.