title: Patella partita.
abstract: Patella partita is a malformation of the knee cap, generally characterized by one or a few vertical lines of discontinuity in sagittal planes, caused by incomplete ossification within a single ossification center. In other cases, disorder of ossification in frontal planes results in frontal subdivision of the patella. While patella partita is sometimes diagnosed as a coincidental radiographic finding, in other cases, especially in elderly individuals, it is a finding associated with symptoms which require treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, New York, University Medical Center, NY 10016.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soren
authors.forename: T R
authors.initials: TR
authors.lastname: Waugh
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010329:Patella / Q000002:abnormalities; D011859:Radiography