US hip rectus femoris indirect tendon refraction shadow in coronal view

This ultrasound scan, taken in the coronal plane, shows a refraction shadow from the indirect head of the rectus femoris tendon (arrows).

Left side of image: superior; right side of image: inferior.

Courtesy of Mederic Hall, MD and Sathish Rajasekaran, MD.

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