Anatom3DSubcutaneous prepatellar bursa
Bursa subcutanea prepatellaris · Podkožní předčéšková burza
Joints & cartilage
Looks like
A sac between the skin and the front of the kneecap.
What it does
Lets the skin glide freely over the kneecap.
Keeping it well
Swells in people who kneel a lot ('housemaid's knee'). Redness, heat or fever suggest infection that needs treatment.
Related conditions
- ACL & meniscus injury
- Baker's (popliteal) cyst
- Chronic venous insufficiency
- Gout
- Growing pains
- Haemophilia & bleeding disorders
- Juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- Lyme disease
- Lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis)
- Lymphoedema
- Marfan syndrome & connective tissue disorders
- Osteoarthritis
- Pseudogout (calcium pyrophosphate disease)
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Reactive arthritis
- Restless legs syndrome
- Rheumatic fever & rheumatic heart disease
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Septic arthritis
- Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Temporomandibular joint disorder
- Varicose veins