Hoffa's fat pad injuries and their relationship with anterior cruciate ligament tears: New observations based on MR imaging in patients and MR imaging and anatomic correlation in cadavers

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 301-306

  Abreu, Marcelo R ^a,c   Chung, Christine B ^a,b   Trudell, Debra ^a,b   Resnick, Donald ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL MÃE DE DEUS   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Knee; Ligaments; Magnetic resonance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANATOMY; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT INJURY; ARTICLE; BONE INJURY; CADAVER; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDEMA; FAXITRON RADIOGRAPH; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROSCOPY; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LIPOMA ARBORESCENS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCAR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYNOVIUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; CADAVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 40149090141     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-007-0427-y     Document Type: Article

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