Research Article

An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report

Volume: 45 Number: 3 July 15, 2011
  • Jong-Hoon Park
  • Ji-Hun Park
  • An-Hee Lee
  • Dae-Hee Lee
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An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report

Abstract

Hoffa’s fat pad disease usually occurs in young active patients participating in activities involving repetitive microtrauma to the knee joint. No specific radiographic findings associated with the disease has yet been defined. We report an elderly patient who presented with a 12-month anterior knee pain and limited knee extension, without any trauma history. Radiographs showed a calcified soft tissue mass in the Hoffa’s fat pad. Magnetic resonance imaging showed the lesion had a generalized heterogeneous hypointensity on T1- and T2-weighted images and a poorly defined margin. The lesion was excised arthroscopically, and histopathological examination revealed fat pad adipocyte necrosis, mucoid degeneration, and dystrophic calcification, suggesting Hoffa’s disease. The present report indicates that Hoffa’s disease can occur in elderly patients with no trauma history, can be associated with a calcified lesion on radiographs, and can be linked to infrapatellar fat pad degeneration in such patients.

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English

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Health Care Administration

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Research Article

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Jong-Hoon Park This is me

Ji-Hun Park This is me

An-Hee Lee This is me

Dae-Hee Lee This is me

Publication Date

July 15, 2011

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March 11, 2014

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Year 2011 Volume: 45 Number: 3

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APA
Park, J.-H., Park, J.-H., Lee, A.-H., & Lee, D.-H. (2011). An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 45(3), 195-199. https://izlik.org/JA73CR95RX
AMA
1.Park JH, Park JH, Lee AH, Lee DH. An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2011;45(3):195-199. https://izlik.org/JA73CR95RX
Chicago
Park, Jong-Hoon, Ji-Hun Park, An-Hee Lee, and Dae-Hee Lee. 2011. “An Unusual Presentation of Hoffa’s Disease in an Elderly Patient With No Trauma History: A Case Report”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 45 (3): 195-99. https://izlik.org/JA73CR95RX.
EndNote
Park J-H, Park J-H, Lee A-H, Lee D-H (July 1, 2011) An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 45 3 195–199.
IEEE
[1]J.-H. Park, J.-H. Park, A.-H. Lee, and D.-H. Lee, “An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 45, no. 3, pp. 195–199, July 2011, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA73CR95RX
ISNAD
Park, Jong-Hoon - Park, Ji-Hun - Lee, An-Hee - Lee, Dae-Hee. “An Unusual Presentation of Hoffa’s Disease in an Elderly Patient With No Trauma History: A Case Report”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 45/3 (July 1, 2011): 195-199. https://izlik.org/JA73CR95RX.
JAMA
1.Park J-H, Park J-H, Lee A-H, Lee D-H. An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2011;45:195–199.
MLA
Park, Jong-Hoon, et al. “An Unusual Presentation of Hoffa’s Disease in an Elderly Patient With No Trauma History: A Case Report”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 45, no. 3, July 2011, pp. 195-9, https://izlik.org/JA73CR95RX.
Vancouver
1.Jong-Hoon Park, Ji-Hun Park, An-Hee Lee, Dae-Hee Lee. An unusual presentation of Hoffa’s disease in an elderly patient with no trauma history: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica [Internet]. 2011 Jul. 1;45(3):195-9. Available from: https://izlik.org/JA73CR95RX