title: Dorsal defect on a multi-partite patella: imaging findings.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut de Diagnòstic per la Imatge, Hospital Joan XXIII, Tarragona, Spain.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Mellado
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salvadó
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramos
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Camins
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saurí
mesh_terms: 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