Pediatr. praxi. 2024;25(3):173-175 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2024.035

That knee hurts terribly at night

MUDr. Tomáš Vereš1, MUDr. Jiří David1, MUDr. Jiří Palíšek1, MUDr. Jan Šenkyřík2, doc. MUDr. Jarmila Skotáková, CSc.2
1 Oddělení zobrazovacích metod, KNTB Zlín
2 Klinika radiologie a nukleární medicíny, FN Brno

The case report discusses diagnostic approach and course of the disease of a 13-year-old female with osteosarcoma of the knee, which has presented as unilateral, escalating night pain in knee. Then briefly summarizes essential parts of patient's history used in the differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal pain in children and adolescents and the use of basic imaging methods when malignant disease is suspected.

Keywords: osteosarcoma, musculoskeletal pain.

Accepted: June 12, 2024; Published: June 14, 2024  Show citation

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Vereš T, David J, Palíšek J, Šenkyřík J, Skotáková J. That knee hurts terribly at night. Pediatr. praxi. 2024;25(3):173-175. doi: 10.36290/ped.2024.035.
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