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Case Reports
. 2016 Nov 2:2016:bcr2016218085.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-218085.

Symptomatic enlarged fabella

Filon Agathangelidis  1 , Themistoklis Vampertzis  2 , Erato Gkouliopoulou  1 , Stergios Papastergiou  2
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Case Reports

Symptomatic enlarged fabella

Filon Agathangelidis et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

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Conflicts of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Oblique radiograph of the knee showing the enlarged fabella (white arrows).
Figure 2
Figure 2
MRI T1 image of a calcified structure in the posterior lateral corner indicating a sizeable fabella (black arrows).
Figure 3
Figure 3
The excised fabella.
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