Bucket-handle meniscal tear
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- Bucket handle tear of medial meniscus
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- Bucket-handle tear of medial meniscus
- Bucket handle meniscal tear
Bucket-handle meniscal tears are a type of displaced vertical meniscal tear where the inner part is displaced centrally. They more commonly occur in the medial meniscus and are often associated with anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.
Radiographic features
MRI
Bucket-hand tears can manifest as sensitive but not specific signs 1:
absent bow tie sign - on sagittal view
double PCL sign (bucket-handle tears of the medial meniscus) - on sagittal view
double ACL sign (bucket-hand tears of the lateral meniscus) - on sagittal view
double anterior horn / flipped meniscus - on sagittal view
double delta sign- on sagittal view
disproportionately small posterior horn - on sagittal view
meniscal fragment in the intercondylar notch - on coronal view
truncation and small size of the body of the meniscus on coronal images - on coronal view
See also
Quiz questions
References
- 1. Nguyen JC, De Smet AA, Graf BK, Rosas HG. MR imaging-based diagnosis and classification of meniscal tears. (2014) Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc. 34 (4): 981-99. doi:10.1148/rg.344125202 - Pubmed
- 2. De Smet AA. How I diagnose meniscal tears on knee MRI. (2012) AJR. American journal of roentgenology. 199 (3): 481-99. doi:10.2214/AJR.12.8663 - Pubmed
- 3. Nicolae V. Bolog, Gustav Andreisek. Reporting knee meniscal tears: technical aspects, typical pitfalls and how to avoid them. (2016) Insights into Imaging. 7 (3): 385. doi:10.1007/s13244-016-0472-y - Pubmed
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