is: what exactly is Hoffa's syndrome? The Spanish ace announced this month that the injury keeping him away from the game was not the same as the knee tendonitis that had plagued him previously.

Knee Surg Sports TraumatolArthrosc 2005;13:135–41. Emad Y, Ragab Y. Liposynovitis prepatellaris in athletic runner (Hoffa’s syndrome): case report and review of the literature. Clin Rheumatol ...

Hoffa’s fat pad, also known as the infrapatellar ... Plica tissue most commonly affects the knee joint. Plica syndrome occurs when this tissue becomes inflamed due to overuse or injury.