Volume 37, Number 7, 720-723, DOI: 10.1007/s00247-007-0507-0

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Sleeve fracture at the superior pole of the patella

Geetika Khanna and Georges Y. El-Khoury

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Abstract

We present a sleeve fracture at the superior pole of the patella in a 12-year-old boy. Sleeve fractures at the inferior pole of the patella have been well described in the orthopedic and radiologic literature. However, a similar injury at the superior pole of the patella is relatively rare. We hope that awareness of this unusual injury and its imaging findings will allow timely diagnosis and intervention.

Keywords  Sleeve fracture - Patella - Avulsion - Knee - Child

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