Delayed diagnosis of a pseudoaneurysm with recurrent hemarthrosis of the knee joint

This is a case report of recurrent hemarthrosis of the knee joint over 3 months. The patient, a 47-year-old male had three arthroscopic procedures with multiple joint punctures over a 3-month-period prior to our initial consultation. The first procedure (arthroscopic synovectomy) was done for suspec...

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Published in:Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA, 2008-06, Vol.16 (6), p.561-564
Main Authors: Becher, Christoph, Burger, Ulrike L., Allenberg, Jens R., Kaufmann, Guenter W., Thermann, Hajo
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aneurysm, False - diagnosis
Arthroscopy - adverse effects
Diagnostic Imaging
Embolization, Therapeutic
Hemarthrosis - etiology
Hemarthrosis - therapy
Humans
Knee
Knee Joint - pathology
Knee Joint - surgery
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Middle Aged
Orthopedics
Recurrence
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Summary:This is a case report of recurrent hemarthrosis of the knee joint over 3 months. The patient, a 47-year-old male had three arthroscopic procedures with multiple joint punctures over a 3-month-period prior to our initial consultation. The first procedure (arthroscopic synovectomy) was done for suspected infection following a series of hyaluronic acid injections. Recurrent hemarthrosis developed subsequent to this. Upon further evaluation, a pseudoaneurysm of the superior middle genicular artery was detected and successfully treated with selective angiographic embolization.
ISSN:0942-2056
1433-7347
DOI:10.1007/s00167-008-0505-2