Symptomatic multipartite patella: imaging findings and pain relief. A description of two cases

• Authors: Evangelos Perdikakis , Chrysovalantis Pothitakis
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Musculoskeletal injuries in the non-elite athletes are a clinical entity that is being seen more frequently nowadays. The term “weekend warriors” applies to amateur participants in sports activities and is related to an increasing number of musculoskeletal injuries mainly due to overuse. Concomitant skeletal variations may as well predispose to trauma. We add to the literature two cases of multipartite patella in which locally injected ropivacaine (ropivacaine hydrochloride) and steroid (betamethasone acetate-betamethasone sodium phosphate) relieved the symptoms completely. Here, we describe the clinical, imaging features and the course of treatment.

Keywords

EN

Multipartite patella; Sports imaging; MRI; Local injection/therapy

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 172-175

Dates

published

1 - 4 - 2013

online

23 - 1 - 2013

Contributors

author

Evangelos Perdikakis

• Department of Radiology, 412 General Military Hospital -212 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Athens, Greece

author

Chrysovalantis Pothitakis

• Department of Emergency Medicine-Department of Anaesthesiology, 412 General Military Hospital -212 Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, Athens, Greece

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-012-0126-5