Fabella fracture with radiological imaging: A case report

Trauma Case Reports

Feng Zhou¹  Chun Bi¹  Guoying Deng¹  Qian Wang¹  Qiugen Wang¹  Fei Zhang¹  Jiandong Wang¹ 

[1] Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China;

关键词: Fabella;    Fracture;    Posterolateral knee pain;    MRI;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.tcr.2017.10.010

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The fabella is a kind of sesamoid bone which is located in the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle. A slice of studies demonstrated that fabella is involved in the knee joint stabilization. Fabella fracture may cause knee pain or functional impairment as the previous reports pointed. It is extremely rare, which leads to its high rate of missed diagnosis in clinical and radiography to some extent. We report a case of a 38-year-old female who was struck by an electromobile. The fabella fracture was confirmed on X-ray plain films. After that, the degree of injury was evaluated with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

【 授权许可】

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