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Does damage to the hoffa pad show up on a x-ray or mri? i am having excruciating pain in the fat pad . don't know what to do. please help
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Hoffa pad pain: Hoffa pad impingement does cause abnormalities that are seen on MRI. Sometimes you can see the changes without pain . Treatment may take a while ice, NSAID, possible steroid injection to pad, activity modification and quad/ hip flexor exercises. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4877349/ https://www.uwhealth.org/sports-medicine/clinic/fat-pad-impingement/10106
Answered 1/5/2019
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