Incarcerating mediopatellar synovial plica syndrome.
A series of patients with a long history of similar knee symptoms is described. In 79 cases a medial parapatellar fold of the synovial membrane was found. After removal of this fold, at follow-up, 66 patients were completely free of symptoms, 8 had minor complications, 1 was unchanged, 1 was worse, 2 had chronic synovitis and 1 patient admitted to a psychiatric department would not take part in the follow-up.
D000328:Adult; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000293:injuries*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography; D013577:Syndrome; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology