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

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

Financial Support and Sponsorship

Nil.

Publikationsverlauf

Artikel online veröffentlicht:
30. November 2021

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