Infrapatellar fat pad osteochondroma: three cases and a systematic review

Nathan Evaniew1, Darius Bayegan1, Snezana Popovic2

  • 1Department of Surgery, Center for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Summary

Extraskeletal para-articular osteochondromas are rare soft-tissue tumors of the infrapatellar fat pad. These benign tumors show no recurrence or malignant transformation after surgical excision.