Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual Cause
The pain around the posterior knee called ‘popliteal fossa’ has been known to be caused by a variety of disease entities. Whatever the causes, the challenge remains in diagnosis. Proper history and clinical examination followed by uses of appropriate diagnostic tools are secrets to success. Venous m...
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| author | Alamgir Samdany Guljar Ahmed Abdul Gani Ahsan |
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| description | The pain around the posterior knee called ‘popliteal fossa’ has been known to be caused by a variety of disease entities. Whatever the causes, the challenge remains in diagnosis. Proper history and clinical examination followed by uses of appropriate diagnostic tools are secrets to success. Venous malformation is a very rare cause of pain in popliteal area and its diagnosis is frequently delayed, missed or given incorrectly. Here, we report a case of a 24-year-old patient who presented with posterior knee pain for 2 years and was diagnosed as a case of intramuscular arterio-venous malformation by lower limb angiography. This patient was treated successfully by surgical resection. His follow-up was satisfactory with no evidence of recurrence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f1f3ec5e65f8464b98e0832cd1730bf52022-12-22T02:49:15ZengEnam Medical College, DhakaJournal of Enam Medical College2227-66882304-93162015-01-0151586010.3329/jemc.v5i1.21499Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual CauseAlamgir Samdany0Guljar Ahmed1Abdul Gani Ahsan2Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, North East Medical College & Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, North East Medical College & Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedics, Sylhet Women's Medical College & Hospital, Sylhet, Bangladesh The pain around the posterior knee called ‘popliteal fossa’ has been known to be caused by a variety of disease entities. Whatever the causes, the challenge remains in diagnosis. Proper history and clinical examination followed by uses of appropriate diagnostic tools are secrets to success. Venous malformation is a very rare cause of pain in popliteal area and its diagnosis is frequently delayed, missed or given incorrectly. Here, we report a case of a 24-year-old patient who presented with posterior knee pain for 2 years and was diagnosed as a case of intramuscular arterio-venous malformation by lower limb angiography. This patient was treated successfully by surgical resection. His follow-up was satisfactory with no evidence of recurrence.http://banglajol.info/index.php/JEMC/article/view/21499Popliteal fossa pain; Angiogram; Arterio-venous malformation |
| spellingShingle | Alamgir Samdany Guljar Ahmed Abdul Gani Ahsan Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual Cause Journal of Enam Medical College Popliteal fossa pain; Angiogram; Arterio-venous malformation |
| title | Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual Cause |
| title_full | Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual Cause |
| title_fullStr | Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual Cause |
| title_full_unstemmed | Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual Cause |
| title_short | Posterior Knee Pain: An Unusual Cause |
| title_sort | posterior knee pain an unusual cause |
| topic | Popliteal fossa pain; Angiogram; Arterio-venous malformation |
| url | http://banglajol.info/index.php/JEMC/article/view/21499 |
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