Vertical meniscal tear
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- Longitudinal meniscal tears
- Longitudinal tears of the meniscus - knee
- Longitudinal tears of meniscus - knee
- Verticlal meniscal tears
- Verticlal meniscal tear
- Vertical tear - meniscus
Vertical meniscal tears are a morphological subtype of meniscal tear where a component of the tear is seen extending in a vertical orientation parallel to the circumference of the meniscus.
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Epidemiology
They tend to occur in younger patients following significant knee trauma.
Pathology
Subtypes
Associations
They are often associated with significant knee injuries, especially anterior cruciate ligament tears.
Location
- almost always involve the posterior horn, and most often the peripheral third 2
Radiographic features
MRI
Intramensical vertical line of increased T2/PD signal intensity contacting either the femoral and/or tibial surfaces of the meniscus. Pure vertical tears spare the free edge of the meniscus.
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References
- 1. De Smet AA. How I diagnose meniscal tears on knee MRI. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2012;199 (3): 481-99. doi:10.2214/AJR.12.8663 - Pubmed citation
- 2. Nguyen JC, De Smet AA, Graf BK et-al. MR imaging-based diagnosis and classification of meniscal tears. Radiographics. 2014;34 (4): 981-99. doi:10.1148/rg.344125202 - Pubmed citation
- 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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