DDx Anterior Knee Pain

 

Adult

 

Patellofemoral pain syndrome - no cartilage defects

Chondromalacia patella - cartilage defects

PFJ OA

Patella tendonitis

Fat Pad Syndrome

Plica

Prepatella Bursitis

ITB Syndrome

 

Adolescent Knee Pain

 

Osgood-Schlatter's

Chondromalacia patella

Patella maltracking

Bipartite Patella

Sinding Larsen Johannsen

Menelaus-Batten Syndrome - Johannson- Larsen's disease that affects upper pole patella