,HISTORY AND GROSS FINDINGS: , The patient is a 45-year-old African-American male who suffered acute rupture of his patellar tendon diagnosed both by exam as well as x-ray the evening before surgical intervention. 
,HISTORY AND GROSS FINDINGS : , The patient is a 45 - year - old African - American male who suffered acute rupture of his patellar tendon diagnosed both by exam as well as x - ray the evening before surgical intervention .