Patellar avulsion fracture
Diagnosis certain
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Diagnostic Certainty
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Presentation
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Trauma to the left knee. Complaining of anterior knee pain.
Body
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The case shows an patellar avulsion fracture from its medial margin which should raise a possibility of transient patellar dislocation/ subluxation.
- +<p>The case shows an patellar avulsion fracture from its medial margin which should raise a possibility of transient patellar dislocation/ subluxation. </p>
References changed:
- Mohamed Jarraya, Luis E. Diaz, William F. Arndt, Frank W. Roemer, Ali Guermazi. Imaging of patellar fractures. (2017) Insights into Imaging. 8 (1): 49. <a href="https://doi.org/10.1007/s13244-016-0535-0">doi:10.1007/s13244-016-0535-0</a> - <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27905071">Pubmed</a> <span class="ref_v4"></span>
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Findings
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AvulsedThere are tiny bone flakes are noted nearclosed to medial edgeside of the patella. There is a corresponding tiny defect in the adjacent patellar cortex. There is no dislocation/ bone lesion. There are soft tissue density foci in the supra-patellar and in the infra patellar fat pads.
Images Changes:
Image X-ray (Intercondylar view) ( update )
Perspective
changed from Frontal to Intercondylar view.
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