Acta Med. 2010, 53: 247-249

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2016.86

An 11-Year-Old Girl Presenting with Chronic Knee Pain: A Case Report with Diagnostic Dilemma

Muhammad Kamal Maja, Abdul Halim Ara, Syed A. Faisala, Johan Ahmada, Srijit Dasb

aUniversity Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
bUniversity Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Anatomy, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Received September 18, 2009
Accepted October 22, 2010

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