prepatellar bursitis ('housemaid's knee')

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Etiology

Epidemiology

  • commonly occurs in wrestlers, carpet layers, plumbers

Pathology

Clinical manifestations

Diagnostic procedures

  • aspiration of bursa both diagnostic & therapeutic[2]
    • all patients[2]; only if infection suspected[6]
    • risk of introducing infection

Management

(see bursitis)

More general terms

Additional terms

References

  1. Saunders Manual of Medical Practice, Rakel (ed), WB Saunders, Philadelphia, 1996, pg 673-74
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Medical Knowledge Self Assessment Program (MKSAP) 11, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19. American College of Physicians, Philadelphia 1998, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2018, 2021.
  3. Wikipedia: Prepatellar bursitis http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepatellar_bursitis
  4. Allen KL, Lorenzo CT Medscape: Prepatellar Bursitis http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/309014-overview
  5. Baumbach SF, Lobo CM, Badyine I, Mutschler W, Kanz KG. Prepatellar and olecranon bursitis: literature review and development of a treatment algorithm. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2014 Mar;134(3):359-70. Review. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24305696
  6. 6.0 6.1 NEJM Knowledge+ Rheumatology