Radiological study of fabella in Omani subjects at a tertiary care center
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Humoud Al Dhuhli; Mohamed Al Mushaiqri; Srinivasa Rao Sirasanagandla; Sanjay Jaju; Omar Darwish Al Matroushi; Ammar Al Shabibi; Athari Al Obaidani
- Source
- Anatomy & Cell Biology
- Subject
- Histology
Sesamoid bones
Radiography
Prevalence
Dentistry
Fabella
Tertiary care
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Gastrocnemius muscle
Clinical Research
Medicine
medicine.bone
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
Magnetic resonance imaging
Cell Biology
Knee joint
Radiological weapon
Sesamoid bone
Original Article
Anatomy
business
human activities
Developmental Biology
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 2093-3673
2093-3665
Ethnic diversity is associated with variability in the prevalence rates of fabella. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence and the radiological features of fabella in Omani patients. This is a retrospective analysis of hospital electronic database of patients referred for radiological investigations (radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging) of the knee, at a tertiary care referral center. Descriptive statistics were performed to determine the prevalence of fabella. Chi-square test was used to determine the association between sex or age with respect to the presence of fabella. A total of 813 knee radiographs were reviewed for the presence of fabella. Fabella was found in 24.1% of total cases. A statistically significant sex difference was observed with respect to the presence of fabella in left knees in males (P