title: Prefemoral fat pad impingement syndrome: identification and diagnosis.
abstract: Fat pad impingement syndrome refers to anterior knee pain caused by hemorrhage, inflammation, fibrosis and/or degeneration of the anterior knee fat pads. Symptomatic impingement of the prefemoral fat pad can be clinically significant but easily overlooked on magnetic resonance imaging, unless looked for. It should be evaluated in patients with persistent anterior knee pain, particulary if accompanied with mechanical symptoms and lack of intra-articular pathology.
authors: UHealth Sports Medicine Division, Department of Orthopedics, Jackson Memorial Hospital, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA. MBorja2@med.miami.edu
authors: Maria J
authors: MJ
authors: Borja
authors: Jean
authors: J
authors: Jose
authors: David
authors: D
authors: Vecchione
authors: Paul D
authors: PD
authors: Clifford
authors: Bryson P
authors: BP
authors: Lesniak
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007719:Knee Joint