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Review
. 2014 Jan;32(1):1-5.
doi: 10.1007/s11604-013-0253-1. Epub 2013 Oct 26.

Potentially symptomatic fabella: MR imaging review

Shigeru Ehara  1
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Review

Potentially symptomatic fabella: MR imaging review

Shigeru Ehara. Jpn J Radiol. 2014 Jan.

Abstract

Fabella, a small ossicle at the posterolateral aspect of the knee, is potentially a source of knee pain. Although fabella syndrome is a rare cause of knee symptoms in young adults, osteocartilaginous degeneration prominent in the fabellofemoral joint on magnetic resonance imaging may be commonly seen in elderly patients.

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