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case_images: Right knee showed full-thickness dehiscence with surrounding dry yellow eschar about the patella
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: Upon one-month postoperative follow-up, symptoms had worsened despite the antibiotic treatment with increasing pain, swelling, drainage, and wound dehiscence at the surgical site (Figure 1).
case_images: Right knee demonstrated healthy, well-healing granulation tissues without signs of acute infection
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: At her most recent follow-up visit (10 months since her diagnosis), the patient's right knee exhibited well-healing scars, without signs of acute or recurrent infection (Figure 2).