PubMed · 7917711
Patella partita.
Abstract
Patella partita is a malformation of the knee cap, generally characterized by one or a few vertical lines of discontinuity in sagittal planes, caused by incomplete ossification within a single ossification center. In other cases, disorder of ossification in frontal planes results in frontal subdivision of the patella. While patella partita is sometimes diagnosed as a coincidental radiographic finding, in other cases, especially in elderly individuals, it is a finding associated with symptoms which require treatment.
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A Soren, T R Waugh. 1994. Patella partita.. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00441831
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