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Abstract
Fourteen patients with painful knees caused by a direct blow to the front of the knee
have been studied. The exact diagnosis was often delayed. Apart from pain, all patients
had one common feature which they may not have been aware of, namely, marked tenderness
localized towards the middle of the outer border of the patella. Surgical treatment
in 11 patients, by excision of the subcutaneous tissue in the tender area and the
prepatellar bursa, cured all cases. Histology of the excised specimens confirms the
existence of a definite clinico-pathological entity.
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