RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Knee locking due to a single gouty tophus.
JF The Journal of Rheumatology
JO J Rheumatol
FD The Journal of Rheumatology
SP 193
OP 195
VO 33
IS 1
A1 Espejo-Baena, Alejandro
A1 Coretti, Stephan Meschian
A1 Fernandez, Jose Miguel Serrano
A1 Garcia-Herrera, Jose Maria
A1 Del Pino, Joaquina Ruiz
YR 2006
UL http://www.jrheum.org/content/33/1/193.abstract
AB Knee locking is a highly incapacitating condition attributable to mechanical or functional factors. Pain, mostly of capsuloligamentous or intraosseous origin, is the cause of functional locking. Meniscal injuries are the most frequent arthroscopic finding in the locked knee, due to mechanical factors. We describe a patient experiencing locking during extension whose history and examination suggested a tear of the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus of the right knee; a diagnostic/therapeutic arthroscopy revealed an intraarticular gouty tophus growing from the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus.