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Flap tear

Last revised by Craig Hacking ◉ on 12 Jun 2024

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Hacking C, Luong D, et al. Flap tear. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 25 Mar 2025) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-66594

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-66594

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/66594

rID:

66594

Article created:

26 Feb 2019, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

12 Jun 2024, Craig Hacking ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Craig Hacking had the following disclosures:

Philips Australia, Paid speaker at Philips Spectral CT events (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

9 times, by 8 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Musculoskeletal

Synonyms:

Flap tears
Meniscal flap tear
Meniscal flap tears

A flap tear is a type of meniscal tear that commonly comprises of a displaced flap fragment.

horizontal tears can give rise to flap tears, which can be classified as superior or inferior when displaced. Superior flaps arise from the superior surface of the meniscus and inferior flaps from the inferior surface.
oblique tears could also give rise to flaps which are mechanically unstable and that are associated with mechanical symptoms²

Location

Flap tears occur six to seven times more frequently in the medial meniscus ³.

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