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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Indian J Radiol Imaging 2021; 31(04): 961-974
DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1739383
Pictorial Essay

Fat Chance for Hidden Lesions: Pictorial Review of Hoffa's Fat Pad Lesions

Suvinay Saxena
1   Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
,
Drushi D. Patel
2   Department of Radiology, Gujarat Imaging Centre, Samved Hospital Post Graduate Institute of Radiology and Imaging, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
,
Ankur Shah
3   Department of Radiology, Sadbhav Imaging Centre and Gujarat Imaging Centre Postgraduate Institute of Radiology and Imaging, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
,
Mrugesh Doctor
2   Department of Radiology, Gujarat Imaging Centre, Samved Hospital Post Graduate Institute of Radiology and Imaging, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
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Abstract

Hoffa's fat pad (HFP) is the most commonly afflicted among all the knee fat pads. Anterior knee pain is common in various pathologies of HFP, as it is richly innervated. A potpourri of the intrinsic and extrinsic pathologies and the tumors and tumor-like conditions affect HFP, and MRI remains the fundamental modality to assess them and provide a specific diagnosis.

Keywords

fat pads around knee joint - Hoffa's fat pad - infrapatellar fat pad lesions - MRI - MRI knee - radiology

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Article published online:
30 November 2021

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