1. What is chondromalacia of the patella?
2. What predisposes to patellar chondromalacia?
3. What imaging should be ordered?
4. What is the treatment?
Answers:
1. Softening of the patellar articular cartilage, which is the culmination of cartilage degeneration.
2. Chronic patellofemoral overload and tracking dysfunction, infection, trauma, autoimmune processes.
3. CT or MRI may detect defects in articular cartilage of patella.
4. Correct abnormal patellar mechanics.
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