Variant of Hoffa disease: a case report

This report presents the case of an 18-year-old female student with a low BMI, who was otherwise healthy. She presented with chronic anterior right knee pain persisting for 1 year. The pain began spontaneously and gradually increased in severity, especially during long distance walking and standing...

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Main Authors: Sharifah Nor Amirah Syed Abdul Latiff Alsagoff, Mohd Fairudz Mohd Miswan, Mohd Yusoff Yahaya, Mohamed Faizal Sikkandar, Anis Safura Ramli
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Language:English
Published: Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia 2025-06-01
Series:Malaysian Family Physician
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Online Access:https://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/20.41_24Jun2025.pdf
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author Sharifah Nor Amirah Syed Abdul Latiff Alsagoff
Mohd Fairudz Mohd Miswan
Mohd Yusoff Yahaya
Mohamed Faizal Sikkandar
Anis Safura Ramli
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description This report presents the case of an 18-year-old female student with a low BMI, who was otherwise healthy. She presented with chronic anterior right knee pain persisting for 1 year. The pain began spontaneously and gradually increased in severity, especially during long distance walking and standing for more than 15 minutes. The symptoms did not subside with medication and physiotherapy. All biochemical and radiological investigations to rule out other related possible aetiologies were unremarkable. The patient eventually underwent an arthroscopic knee surgery, during which the intraoperative findings revealed the Hoffa fat pad over the anteromedial knee joint. This was debrided and after surgery, she was symptom free and had resumed her normal activities.
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spelling doaj-art-ee433cde96cc4bc0899f4558e698cf3f2025-08-20T02:48:41ZengAcademy of Family Physicians of MalaysiaMalaysian Family Physician1985-22742025-06-01204110.51866/cr.819Variant of Hoffa disease: a case reportSharifah Nor Amirah Syed Abdul Latiff AlsagoffMohd Fairudz Mohd MiswanMohd Yusoff YahayaMohamed Faizal SikkandarAnis Safura RamliThis report presents the case of an 18-year-old female student with a low BMI, who was otherwise healthy. She presented with chronic anterior right knee pain persisting for 1 year. The pain began spontaneously and gradually increased in severity, especially during long distance walking and standing for more than 15 minutes. The symptoms did not subside with medication and physiotherapy. All biochemical and radiological investigations to rule out other related possible aetiologies were unremarkable. The patient eventually underwent an arthroscopic knee surgery, during which the intraoperative findings revealed the Hoffa fat pad over the anteromedial knee joint. This was debrided and after surgery, she was symptom free and had resumed her normal activities.https://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/20.41_24Jun2025.pdfanterior knee painchronic knee painhoffa fat pad
spellingShingle Sharifah Nor Amirah Syed Abdul Latiff Alsagoff
Mohd Fairudz Mohd Miswan
Mohd Yusoff Yahaya
Mohamed Faizal Sikkandar
Anis Safura Ramli
Variant of Hoffa disease: a case report
Malaysian Family Physician
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hoffa fat pad
title Variant of Hoffa disease: a case report
title_full Variant of Hoffa disease: a case report
title_fullStr Variant of Hoffa disease: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Variant of Hoffa disease: a case report
title_short Variant of Hoffa disease: a case report
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topic anterior knee pain
chronic knee pain
hoffa fat pad
url https://e-mfp.org/wp-content/uploads/20.41_24Jun2025.pdf
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