A Case of Prefemoral Fat Pad Impingement Syndrome Caused by Hyperplastic Fat Pad

CASE: We report a rare case of prefemoral fat pad impingement syndrome that was caused by a hyperplasia of the normal suprapatellar fat pad. Pain and catching were observed in the proximal-lateral patellofemoral joint, and MRI imaging confirmed a hyperplasic mass in the same area. Although conservat...

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Autores principales: Koyama, Suguru, Tensho, Keiji, Shimodaira, Hiroki, Iwaasa, Tomoya, Horiuchi, Hiroshi, Kato, Hiroyuki, Saito, Naoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2018
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6323454/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30675408
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3583049
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Sumario:CASE: We report a rare case of prefemoral fat pad impingement syndrome that was caused by a hyperplasia of the normal suprapatellar fat pad. Pain and catching were observed in the proximal-lateral patellofemoral joint, and MRI imaging confirmed a hyperplasic mass in the same area. Although conservative treatment showed no signs of improvement, symptoms improved after an arthroscopic excision of the mass. CONCLUSION: Prefemoral fat pad impingement syndrome is related to patellar motion and should be considered as one of the underlying causes of anterior knee pain (AKP). Surgeons should recognize that a small hyperplasia composed of normal adipose tissue can cause AKP.

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