Primary Synovial Chondromatosis
A 62-year-old patient with increasing symptoms and progressive limitation of movement in the right elbow; clinical examination reveals diffuse joint swelling and marked limitation of
Case of the Week
Musculoskeletal injuries can be very stressful and limiting. But there is one thing you should never forget: you are not alone!
To remind you of just that, I’ve created the Case of the Week category. Here I inform you regularly about the different clinical pictures of my patients as well as about the respective therapy approaches for the treatment.
Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome Copy
SLJ syndrome (distal patellar apophysitis) is a stress injury that occurs primarily in active adolescents, typically between the ages of 10 and 15, during a
Lipoma arborescens
Lipoma arborescens is a rare, benign joint disorder characterized by a subsynovial, villous proliferation of adipose tissue. It has a characteristic tree-like (arborescent) morphology and
Epiphysiodese
Today’s case of the week is about a 14-year-old patient. The young man had suffered a so-called patellar luxation (dislocated kneecap) with immediate reduction while
Osteochondritis dissecans
Osteochondritis dissecans is the term used to describe bone necrosis of a certain part of a joint surface, usually caused by trauma, and can be
Disc Miniscus
Today’s “Case of the week” is about a 45-year-old patient who tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in 2017. At that time, the injury was
Cyclops Syndrome
Our patient today presented with long-standing complaints in the left ankle. Anamnestically, he suffered a comminuted fracture of the left ankle in an accident in
Ankle joint endoprosthesis
The patient reported that the pain was initially mild and occurred during walking, but subsided with periods of rest. Recently, however, the symptoms have worsened and the pain is now present even at rest.
Stress fracture
The patient reported that the pain was initially mild and occurred during walking, but subsided with periods of rest. Recently, however, the symptoms have worsened and the pain is now present even at rest.
Habitual patellar luxation – Trochlead dysplasia
Today we are talking about a patient who is only 18 years old and suffers from habitual recurrent patellar luxations (congenital trochlead dysplasia).
Posterior cruciate ligament rupture
One of my patients suffered a traffic accident in 1995 and ruptured his posterior cruciate ligament.
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury & Nerve Root Lesion
In this patient, both the anterior cruciate ligament and the meniscus root are affected. The patient underwent surgery.