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Knee pain with palpable infrapatellar mass
Patient Data
Age: 60 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
Calcific bursitis - superficial infrapatellar
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Many round calcific densities projected superficially under the patella.
From the case:
Calcific bursitis - superficial infrapatellar
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Several shadowing echogenic rounded millimetric foci are present below the patella, superficial to the patellar ligament.
Case Discussion
A classic case of calcific bursitis in the superficial (or subcutaneous) infrapatellar bursa.