- Etiology: chronic stress of patellar tendon
- Imaging: early see soft tissue swelling + infiltration of Hoffa’s fat pad, later see fragmentation of tibial tuberosity
- MRI: soft tissue swelling anterior to tibial tubercle, thickening + edema of distal patellar tendon
- Clinical: pain at tibial tuberosity is how diagnosis is made, 10-15 year old male
