Clinical examination of the patient with anterior knee pain -- 2. Condition causing anterior knee pain. clinical presentation -- 3. Superficial prepatellar soft tissues of the anterior knee -- 4. Quadriceps tendon -- 5. Patella -- 6. Patellar tendon and tibial tuberosity -- 7. Intracapsular and extrasynovial peripatellar fat pads -- 8. Intra-articular structures, the synovial lining, patellar, and trochlear cartilage surface -- 9 Clinical cases. MRI illustration of the common and less common cases. .

The book addresses comprehensively the normal and pathological MRI appearance of the structures of the anterior compartment of the knee, potential sources of pain, in a systematic way, on anatomical layers, from superficial to deep, respectively, from prepatellar soft tissues to intra-articular structures (the synovial lining, patellar and trochlear cartilage). Anterior knee pain can affect any age group and causes a non-specific clinical picture, making it difficult to establish a precise diagnosis and proper management. MRI is currently the standard gold investigation and findings of common an uncommon causes of anterior knee pain are presented. Written by a radiologist and an orthopaedic surgeon with longstanding experience in MRI of musculoskeletal pathology and in sports traumatology, respectively, the book also presents a unique selection of 80 clinical cases of common and less common pathological conditions of anterior knee pain and subdivided in four groups, according to age, from children and adolescents to older adults. Radiologists and orthopaedic surgeons, as well as sport medicine specialists and physiatrists, will find in this book an invaluable tool for their clinical practice.