The Haglund imprint on the patella.
Seven hundred and five radiographs of the knee were examined and 17.6% showed a so-called Haglund imprint on the patella. The incidence was the same in patients with chondromalacia and in a control group. There was no statistical difference regarding age, sex and body weight. Haglund's imprint is a variation from the normal and is of no diagnostic value.
Graf
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
Bernd
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Simank
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Niethard
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D001835:Body Weight; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002358:Cartilage, Articular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012737:Sex Factors