Painful medial bipartite patellae: a case report.
Bipartite patellae, though not unusual as an incidental roentgenographic finding, are rarely painful. This is a report of bilateral medial bipartite patella in a 20-year-old woman, which seems not to have been previously described in the literature. The symptoms were significantly relieved by an excision of the accessory ossification center.
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D059408:Pain Management; D010329:Patella / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography