Septic Bursitis in an 8-Year-Old Boy

• Main Authors: Panagiotis Kratimenos (Author), Ioannis Koutroulis (Author), Dante Marconi (Author), Jennifer Ding (Author), Christos Plakas (Author), Margaret Fisher (Author)
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• 出版: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background. The prepatellar bursa can become inflamed owing to repeated trauma. Prepatellar bursitis is extremely rare in children. Methods. We report the case of an 8-year-old boy who was treated for an erythematous, swollen, and severely painful right knee, fever, inability to bear weight on the l...