3 Interesting Facts of Hoffa syndrome
- Traumatic (acute or repetitive) hypertrophy of the richly innervated infrapatellar fat pad
- Differentiated by:
- Pain is mainly subpatellar
- Hoffa sign: if pain is elicited when clinician puts pressure on patellar tendon margins as patient extends bent knee, Hoffa syndrome is suggested
- Plain radiographs usually show normal findings; MRI may be useful for diagnosis
