1. Lifeline multi-specialty hospital
Perungudi, Rajiv Gandhi road
Tamilnadu, India
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27, 1st avenue, Besant nagar
Chennai 600090, India
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Embryology
Plica are remnants of the partition of the embryological knee. Normally, there are thickenings within the synovial layer of the knee.
Symptoms
Intra-articular plicae are a cause of clicking symptoms when bending the knee
Diagnosis
They cause pain and swelling in the front of the knee. They can be felt as a band of tissue running across the inner side of the knee. They produce a clicking noise when the knee is bent
Treatment
Plica are rare. The orthopaedic surgeon will have to do a knee arthroscopy to confirm. The band is excised arthroscopically.other problems of the knee cap, cartilage will also have to be attended to.
