Key result
Isolated bilateral congenital absence of the patella presents without syndromic features in a rare case.
Why the study?
Congenital absence of patella is a rare condition with very few reported cases, often associated with rare syndromes involving osteo-onycho-dysplasia.
Reports an extremely rare case of isolated bilateral congenital absence of patella in a 19-year-old male.
Raises awareness for isolated patellar agenesis in atypical knee cases; leaves open questions on etiology, genetics, and long-term management.
Congenital absence of patella is a rare condition. In the literature, very few cases has been reported. Congenital absence of patella is one of the finding of few rare syndromes associated with osteo-onycho-dysplasia. This is a case report of a 19-year-old adult boy with isolated bilateral congenital absence of patella, which is an extremely rare condition.
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Mishra et al. (2014) studied this question. Isolated bilateral congenital absence of the patella was reported in a 19-year-old male, representing an extremely rare presentation without associated syndromic features.
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