bipartite

Bipartite Patella

Ossification

 

Patella may develop from one or multiple ossification centres at 3 years

 

Failure of centres to fuse may produce bipartite or tripartite patella

- usually bilateral and painless

 

Classically superolateral

 

Classification Saupe

 

I   Inferior Pole 5%

II  Lateral 20%

Sesamoids

Anatomy

 

3 Sesamoids may be present in great toe

- 2 almost always present on plantar aspect of MTPJ

- 1 may be present on plantar aspect of IPJ

 

MTPJ sesamoids most important

- embedded in FHB tendons

- held together by intersesamoid ligament & plantar plate

- each side of crista / inter-sesamoid ridge

- articulate with plantar facets of 1st MT

 

Tibial usually larger than fibula