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Fabella

A fabella is a little bone which sometimes forms at the back of the knee, within the tendon of the gastrocnemius muscle, like a tiny kneecap at the back of the knee. It is a normal variant in 10-20% of people.

The little bone is often wrongly diagnosed by the inexperienced doctor as a ‘loose body’ or even a ‘foreign body’ inside the knee.