Medial meniscocapsular strain injury without meniscal tear

Case contributed by Marina Goymer
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Pain and restricted range of motion in knee since netball injury months ago

Patient Data

Age: Adult
Gender: Female

Small effusion with small areas of predominantly oblique linear type signal intensity posteromedial corner of the medial meniscus with edema of the meniscocapsular junction without meniscocapsular separation. This is a meniscocapsular strain injury and there is no significant articular surface tearing of the medial meniscus at this point. This is best seen on the sagittal PD images.

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