Prepatellar bursitis

Case contributed by Ahmed Abdrabou
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Anterior knee pain and swelling

Patient Data

Age: 56 years old
Gender: Male
mri

An oval shape fluid filled sac seen anterior to the patella and displays low signal on T1 and bright signal on T2 and PD FS

Case Discussion

The case represents distended fluid filled prepatellar bursa secondary to chronic irritation and inflammation.

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