Dorsal defect on a multi-partite patella: imaging findings.
Coincidence of dorsal defect on a multipartite patella constitutes a rare cause of anterior knee pain in the first decades of life. Imaging findings of this uncommon symptomatic skeletal variant are discussed, with emphasis on MR features.
Mellado
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Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Hospital Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain.
Salvadó
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Ramos
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Camins
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Saurí
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D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D010329:Patella / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D011859:Radiography