Sindig-Larsen-Johansson Disease

  • Etiology:
    — Chronic stress on proximal patellar tendon which attaches on patella
    — Repetitive patellar tendon traction with quadriceps contraction at cartilaginous junction of inferior pole of patella
  • Imaging Radiograph: Avulsion fracture of inferior pole of patella
  • DDX: Osgood-Schlatter disease
  • Complications:
  • Treatment:
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Radiology Cases of Sindig-Larsen-Johansson Disease