Fabella fracture with radiological imaging: A case report

Feng Zhou; Fei Zhang; Guoying Deng; Chun Bi; Jiandong Wang; Qian Wang; Qiugen Wang

doi:10.1016/j.tcr.2017.10.010

Trauma Case Reports (Dec 2017)

Fabella fracture with radiological imaging: A case report

Feng Zhou,
Fei Zhang,
Guoying Deng,
Chun Bi,
Jiandong Wang,
Qian Wang,
Qiugen Wang

Affiliations

Feng Zhou: Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China
Fei Zhang: Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China
Guoying Deng: Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China
Chun Bi: Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China
Jiandong Wang: Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China
Qian Wang: Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China
Qiugen Wang: Department of Trauma Center, Shanghai General Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, No. 650 Xin Songjiang Road, Shanghai 201620, PR China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcr.2017.10.010
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. C
pp. 19 – 23

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The fabella is a kind of sesamoid bone which is located in the lateral head of the gastrocnemius muscle. A slice of studies demonstrated that fabella is involved in the knee joint stabilization. Fabella fracture may cause knee pain or functional impairment as the previous reports pointed. It is extremely rare, which leads to its high rate of missed diagnosis in clinical and radiography to some extent. We report a case of a 38-year-old female who was struck by an electromobile. The fabella fracture was confirmed on X-ray plain films. After that, the degree of injury was evaluated with the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Published in Trauma Case Reports

ISSN: 2352-6440 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/trauma-case-reports/

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