“ Also known as ‘jumper’s knee’, the mechanism of injury is as for Osgood-Schlatter disease, except the abnormality is focused on the site o...
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Also known as ‘jumper’s knee’, the mechanism of injury is as for Osgood-Schlatter disease, except the abnormality is focused on the site of insertion of the patella tendon to the patella. It is a cause of anterior knee pain in adolescents.
PLAIN FILM
• Calcification in the patella tendon
• Unfused skeleton
MRI
• Focal thickening of the proximal third of the patella tendon (look for thickening >7 mm on sagittal images).
• Prepatellar oedema and increased T2 signal in the proximal tendon.
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