Infrapatellar fat pad
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The infrapatellar fat pad, also known as Hoffa fat pad, is the largest of the anterior knee fat pads.
Anatomy
Boundaries
- anterior
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antero-inferioranteroinferior: patellar tendon -
antero-superioranterosuperior: patella
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- posterior
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postero-centralposterocentral: knee joint (femorotibial articulation) -
postero-inferiorposteroinferior: tibia -
postero-superiorposterosuperior: femur
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Related pathology
-<li>antero-inferior: <a title="Patellar tendon" href="/articles/patellar-tendon">patellar tendon</a>- +<li>anteroinferior: <a href="/articles/patellar-tendon">patellar tendon</a>
-<li>antero-superior: <a title="Patella" href="/articles/patella">patella</a>- +<li>anterosuperior: <a href="/articles/patella">patella</a>
-<li>postero-central: <a title="Knee joint" href="/articles/knee-joint-1">knee joint</a> (<a title="Femorotibial articulation" href="/articles/tibiofemoral-joint">femorotibial articulation</a>)</li>-<li>postero-inferior: <a title="Tibia" href="/articles/tibia">tibia</a>- +<li>posterocentral: <a href="/articles/knee-joint-1">knee joint</a> (<a href="/articles/tibiofemoral-joint">femorotibial articulation</a>)</li>
- +<li>posteroinferior: <a href="/articles/tibia">tibia</a>
-<li>postero-superior: <a title="Femur" href="/articles/femur">femur</a>- +<li>posterosuperior: <a href="/articles/femur">femur</a>
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