Chondral Lesion of the Patella

Ian M. Leahy, Christopher M. Powers

DOI: 10.2519/jospt.2012.0404

The patient was a 27-year-old man who was a recreational baseball player. He was referred to a physical therapist for a suspected medial meniscus injury following a right-sided lower extremity twisting injury sustained 3 weeks prior. Despite 4 weeks of physical therapist intervention, the patient was unable to successfully return to athletic activities. The patient was then referred to an orthopaedic surgeon, who ordered magnetic resonance imaging of his right knee, which revealed a focal full-thickness chondral lesion at the median patellar ridge.

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2012;42(3):291. doi:10.2519/jospt.2012.0404

KEY WORDS: knee, magnetic resonance imaging, MRI

The patient was a 27-year-old man who was a recreational baseball player. He was referred to a physical therapist for a suspected medial meniscus injury following a right-sided lower extremity twisting injury sustained 3 weeks prior.

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