title: Prefemoral fat pad: impingement and a mass-like protrusion on the lateral femoral condyle causing mechanical symptoms. A case report.
abstract: We describe a case of prefemoral fat pad impingement between the anterior aspect of the distal femur and the patella undersurface, and a mass-like fatty tissue protrusion on the lateral femoral condyle that caused mechanical symptoms.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Chungnam National University College of Medicine, 640 Daesa-dong, Jung-gu, Daejeon 301-721, South Korea. osdr69@cnu.ac.kr
authors.forename: Young-Mo
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyun-Dae
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Jun-Young
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Kyung-Cheon
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Soon-Tae
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Kwon
authors.forename: Jin-Man
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging