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. It is located immediately posterior to the patellar tendon and is traversed during knee arthroscopy.
Anatomy
Boundaries
- anterior
- anteroinferior: patellar tendon
- anterosuperior: patella
- posterior
- posterocentral: knee joint (femorotibial articulation)
- posteroinferior: tibia
- posterosuperior: femur
Related pathology
- patellar tendon lateral femoral condyle friction syndrome (Hoffa fat pad impingement syndrome)
- Hoffa fat pad ganglion cyst
- anterior interval lesion
- soft tissue chondroma of the Hoffa fat pad
- +<li><a href="/articles/anterior-interval-lesion">anterior interval lesion</a></li>
- +<li><a title="Soft tissue chondroma of the Hoffa fat pad" href="/articles/soft-tissue-chondroma-of-the-hoffa-fat-pad">soft tissue chondroma of the Hoffa fat pad</a></li>
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