title: Cortical desmoids in adolescent top-level athletes.
abstract: Two adolescent, highly active athletes are presented with unspecific symptoms of anterior knee pain. Conventional radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed a suspicious but pathognomonic cortical irregularity of the dorsal, medial femoral condyle. Cortical desmoid is one of the most common incidental osseous findings on conventional radiographs and MRI of the knee. It often needs no follow-up examination in asymptomatic patients. Malignancy needs however to be ruled out.
authors.affiliation: Sportclinic Villa Linde AG, Swiss Olympic Medical Center Magglingen-Biel, Biel, Switzerland ; Division of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Philippe M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Tscholl
authors.affiliation: Sportclinic Villa Linde AG, Swiss Olympic Medical Center Magglingen-Biel, Biel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Roland M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Biedert
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Private Clinic Linde, Biel, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Imre
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gal
keywords: Knee; avulsive cortical irregularity; benign lytic lesion; don’t touch lesion