Sinding-Larsen-Johansson disease
contusion and subsequent tendonitis in the proximal attachment of
the patellar tendon
- can be followed by calcification, ossification,
or frank inferior pole avulsion fractures that produce one or
more distinct ossicles.
per Stedman's dictionary: "apophysitis of the distal pole of the patella"
symptoms:
- tenderness and soft tissue swelling over the lower pole of the
patella
- aggregated by activity
xray findings:
- osseous fragmentation of patella
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2002-04-18