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Case Reports
. 2015 Apr 29:2015:bcr2015209942.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-209942.

MRI features of a quadriceps tendon rupture

Cliodhna Ni Fhoghlu  1 , Prasad Ellanti  1 , Andrew Moriarity  1 , Tom McCarthy  1
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Case Reports

MRI features of a quadriceps tendon rupture

Cliodhna Ni Fhoghlu et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
(A) Lateral radiograph of a normal knee. (B) Lateral radiograph of a knee with a quadriceps tendon rupture demonstrating a low lying patella (patella baja), suprapatellar calcific density (solid arrow) and obliteration of the quadriceps tendon shadow and haematoma (dashed arrow).
Figure 2
Figure 2
T1-weighted and T2-weighted sagittal images of the knee demonstrating the ruptured quadriceps tendon (solid arrows) and a large haematoma (dashed arrow).
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