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The authors present a case of a patient with bilateral multipartite patellae that sustained bilateral multipartite avulsions as well as an associated unilateral quadriceps tendon rupture. This constellation of injuries has never been reported in the literature. The patient was treated with excision of the multipartite patella fragments and quadriceps tendon repair on the side with the extensor mechanism disruption. He was treated non-operatively for the contralateral lower extremity multipartite patella avulsion. 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