Presentation
Incidental left knee pain with no prior history of trauma or previous injury.
Patient Data
Age: 40 years
Gender: Male
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The left patella appears as four well-corticated fragments, denoting multipartite patella, which is a normal variant.
Case Discussion
The multipartite patella is an uncommon congenital abnormality considered a normal variant in pathology, resulting from incomplete ossification during development. It is often discovered incidentally during imaging studies.
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