Association between trochlear morphology and chondromalacia patella: an MRI study

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• 作者：Semra Duran^a ; ^{semraduran91@gmail.com} ; Mehtap Cavusoglu^a ; ^{mehtapcavusoglu2@gmail.com} ; Onur Kocadal^b ; ^{onurkocadal@gmail.com} ; Bulent Sakman^a ; ^{bulentsakman@gmail.com}
• 关键词：Patellofemoral joint ; Chondromalacia patella ; Magnetic resonance imaging ; Femoral trochlea
• 刊名：Clinical Imaging
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January-February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：41
• 期：Complete
• 页码：7-10
• 全文大小：627 K
• 卷排序：41

文摘

This study aimed to compare trochlear morphology seen in magnetic resonance imaging between patients with chondromalacia patella and age-matched control patients without cartilage lesion. Trochlear morphology was evaluated using the lateral trochlear inclination, medial trochlear inclination, sulcus angle and trochlear angle on the axial magnetic resonance images. Consequently, an association between abnormal trochlear morphology and chondromalacia patella was identified in women. In particular, women with flattened lateral trochlea are at an increased risk of patellar cartilage structural damage.