. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . Pig-. 1-a—Polyarthritis with swellingin several of the joints. The irreg-ularity of the joint surfaces wasmistaken for a bony destruction,owing- to the co-existing view. Fig. 1-b—Examination of the normalknee, however, reveals as much ifnot more roughening than that en-countered in the swollen knee. Thisis a plate of the normal knee takenfor comparison. had symptoms of arthritis. X-ray ex-ammation showed this condition anda roughened, uneven appearance of thelower end of the patella. The condi-tion was diagnosed as
. Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation . Pig-. 1-a—Polyarthritis with swellingin several of the joints. The irreg-ularity of the joint surfaces wasmistaken for a bony destruction,owing- to the co-existing view. Fig. 1-b—Examination of the normalknee, however, reveals as much ifnot more roughening than that en-countered in the swollen knee. Thisis a plate of the normal knee takenfor comparison. had symptoms of arthritis. X-ray ex-ammation showed this condition anda roughened, uneven appearance of thelower end of the patella. The condi-tion was diagnosed as pyogenic arthritis,but examination of the other knee re-vealed the same condition with the ex-ception that the patella appearedsmooth. This irregular appearance ofthe patella at the tendinous attachmentof the patella has been observed mthree such cases, it probably was th;etiological factor in the arthritis inthese instances. The irregular jointmargins are undoubtedly normal. In acase of polyarthritis (?) the conditionformed in one knee joint w
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