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Injury of a bipartite patella in a young upcoming sportsman.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20490524     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
The aim of this study was to report the clinical features of a young athletic patient with bipartite patella, and review the literature to discuss the entity of this rare anomaly. In the course of an athletics competition, a 12-year-old top sportsman felt an intense pain around his left knee-cap while taking off from a jumping-board and broke down the competition. X-rays and magnetic resonance imaging showed an isolated distal pole of the patella with just minor diastasis; however, the X-rays did not suggest a recent fracture but rather hint at an atypically injured bipartite patella. A conservative therapy of 5 weeks with brace followed including a ban on sport activities for 12 weeks. Ten weeks later, the radiographs revealed a complete consolidation. Six months after the injury, MRI only presented a generally inconspicuous horizontal sclerosed structure. A fracture or separation of the bipartite patella was retrospectively diagnosed.
Authors:
Roland L Stocker; Lutz van Laer
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article     Date:  2010-05-19
Journal Detail:
Title:  Archives of orthopaedic and trauma surgery     Volume:  131     ISSN:  1434-3916     ISO Abbreviation:  Arch Orthop Trauma Surg     Publication Date:  2011 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2011-01-03     Completed Date:  2011-05-17     Revised Date:  2011-10-24    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9011043     Medline TA:  Arch Orthop Trauma Surg     Country:  Germany    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  75-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Praxis for Trauma and Hand Surgery, 1060 Vienna, Austria. roland.stocker@inode.at
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Child
Contusions / diagnosis
Fractures, Bone / diagnosis*,  therapy
Humans
Knee Joint / radiography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Osteogenesis
Patella / abnormalities*,  injuries*,  physiology
Skiing / injuries
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2011 Oct;131(10):1467   [PMID:  21409499 ]

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