Calcific bursitis - superficial infrapatellar

Case contributed by Francis Fortin
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Knee pain with palpable infrapatellar mass

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Female

Many round calcific densities projected superficially under the patella.

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. 

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