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10-year-old boy with Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (NOMID). Intraoperative photograph of the right knee shows the denuded cartilage of the patella & distal femur. The patellofemoral joint was ankylosed. The patella ligament was released (black star) & the ankylosed joint osteotomized to separate the patella from the femur (white arrow).
