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The Haglund imprint on the patella

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Seven hundred and five radiographs of the knee were examined and 17.6% showed a so-called Haglund imprint on the patella. The incidence was the same in patients with chondromalacia and in a control group. There was no statistical difference regarding age, sex and body weight. Haglund's imprint is a variation from the normal and is of no diagnostic value.

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Sept cent cinq radiographies du genou ont été examinées. 17.6% montraient l'empreinte dite de Haglund. Cette image était aussi fréquente chez les malades atteints de chondromalacie que chez ceux d'un groupe de contrôle. De plus il n'a pas été trouvé de différence statistique en fonction de l'âge, du sexe ou du poids du corps. L'empreinte de Haglund est une anomalie morphologique sans signification diagnostique.

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  1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Division of Experimental Orthopaedics, University of Heidelberg, Germany

    J. Graf, L. Bernd, H.-G. Simank & F. U. Niethard

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Graf, J., Bernd, L., Simank, HG. et al. The Haglund imprint on the patella. International Orthopaedics 17, 384–385 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180458

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