Recurrent dislocation, subluxation and functional instability due to patellofemoral pain might be present in 30 % to 60 % of patients managed non-operatively for posttraumatic patella instability. Disruption of the capsule, medial patella retinaculum and/or vastus medialis obliquus have been associated with recurrent patella instability but recently the medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) has...

Introduction. Tophaceous gout of the patella is rare and may masquerade as a tumour or tumour-like condition. Cases. We report two patients with gout involving the patella, one complicated by a pathological fracture and the other occurring in a bipartite patella in a young adult. Discussion. Typical imaging appearances and measurement of serum urate will usually confirm the diagnosis but, occas...

Complications and results of medial patellofemoral ligament (MPFL) reconstruction, performed between 2000 and 2003, were studied retrospectively in 24 randomised patients (24 knees). All procedures were performed for recurrent dislocation or subluxation of the patella, using an autogenous semitendinosus tendon. Two different methods of anchoring of the transplant were compared. After a 2-year f...

The purpose of this study is to describe complications affecting the patella in patients with total or partial knee arthroplasty. We respectively analysed plain-film radiographs, as well as ultrasound images when acquired, in a consecutive series of 1272 patients. The mean interval from knee replacement to patellar complications was 5 years and 7 months (range, 5 months to 14 years). The compli...

A case of duplication of the patella in the coronal plane is reported. Previously reported cases of double patella have shown sagittal or vertical duplication, and some have been associated with multiple epiphyseal dysplasia. In our case, excision of one patella and realignment of the extensor mechanism relieved symptoms of giving-way.

Chondroblastoma of the patella is rare. Aneurysmal bone cysts, which develop from a prior lesion such as a chondroblastoma, are seldom seen in the patella. The authors report a case of a 36-year-old man who presented with 2 years of right knee pain without calor, erythema, pain on palpation, or abnormal range of motion. Radiological studies suggested aneurysmal bone cyst. The lesion was excised...

STUDY DESIGN Controlled laboratory study using a cross-sectional design. OBJECTIVES To compare patellofemoral joint kinematics, femoral rotation, and patella rotation between females with patellofemoral pain (PFP) and pain-free controls using weight-bearing kinematic magnetic resonance imaging. BACKGROUND Recently, it has been recognized that patellofemoral malalignment may be the result of...

INTRODUCTION Nail-patella-syndrome (NPS) is a rare autosomal-dominant inherited disease with pathologies of nails, skeleton, kidneys, and eyes. Linkage to a mutated gene was found. It codes for the transcription-factor LMX1B. In most cases knees are symptomatic. Patients have hypoplastic patellae, which are laterally subluxated. In those individuals a sagittal trochlear fibrous septum was found...

Lateral luxation of the patella has been described in horses and ponies. Medial luxation has been reported only twice. Upward fixation of the patella is not true luxation. This report concerns two cases of lateral luxation of the patella related to hypoplasia of the lateral ridge of the trochlea of the femur. Disciplines Large or Food Animal and Equine Medicine | Medicine and Health Sciences | ...