The uncrossed-doubled patellar tendon: A novel imaging finding.
Anatomic variant
Cross-over
Doubled patellar tendon
Knee
MRI
Journal
Radiology case reports
ISSN: 1930-0433
Titre abrégé: Radiol Case Rep
Pays: Netherlands
ID NLM: 101467888
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Dec 2019
Dec 2019
Historique:
received:
24
08
2019
revised:
22
09
2019
accepted:
22
09
2019
entrez:
30
10
2019
pubmed:
30
10
2019
medline:
30
10
2019
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
A spectrum of anatomic variants of the conventional single patellar tendon have been described however a double patellar tendon is a highly rare finding, which has only been described once before where a cross-over tendon morphology was illustrated. We report the case of a 46-year-old man with a 3 month history of left knee pain who was found to have an incidental double patellar tendon without cross-over, with one deep bundle demonstrating a more conventional patellar tendon course, paralleled by a second anatomically-distinct superficial bundle of differing morphology coursing anterolateral to the deep conventional bundle, explicitly connecting patella to tibial tuberosity. A comprehensive understanding of the anatomic variations of the patellar tendon is essential for both radiologist and clinician to deliver safe clinical practice. We present a rare case of an uncrossed-doubled patellar tendon, which to our knowledge, has never been reported.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31660098
doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2019.09.029
pii: S1930-0433(19)30318-8
pmc: PMC6807042
doi:
Types de publication
Case Reports
Langues
eng
Pagination
1509-1512Informations de copyright
© 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. on behalf of University of Washington.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
None.
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