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© 1971 British Society for Rheumatology

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THE BONY CHANGES IN "CHONDROMALACIA PATELLAE"*

J. DARRACOTT1 and B. VERNON-ROBERTS2

Department of Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, the London Hospital E.I
Department of Morbid Anatomy, the London Hospital E.I

In eleven patellae excised from patients with the clinical condition "chondromalacia patellae" the following constant pathological changes are seen: (1) hyperplasia of the chondrocytes, with vascularization and advancing ossification into the deep zone of the articular eartilage; (2) new bone formation and thinning of the subchondral osseous plate; (3) focally or diffusely severe osteoporosis of the trabecular bone. In some cases we have observed superficial fibrillation of the cartilage and discreet nodular aggregates of woven bone on osteoporotic trabeculae. Radioisotope bone scans confirmed disordered calcium metabolism in this condition. The over-all findings do not support the concept that the clinical condition known as chondromalacia patellae is due to osteoarthrosis or primary cartilaginous degeneration.

*Paper read at the Annual Meeting of the British Association of Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, London, March 1971, and awarded the Association prize.


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