Anterior cruciate ligament graft tear with bucket handle tear of medial meniscus

Case contributed by Paresh K Desai , 23 Jun 2011
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Mohammad A. ElBeialy, 30 Aug 2015

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 24 to 24 years.
Body was changed:

The MR images reveal aACL graft tear with bucket handle tear of the ACL graft at the tibial articular surface level.

The medial meniscus shows a complex tear - predominantly vertical with bucket handle configuration showing flipped central fragment.

  • -<p>The MR images reveal a tear of the ACL graft at the tibial articular surface level.</p><p>The medial meniscus shows a complex tear - predominantly vertical with bucket handle configuration showing flipped central fragment.</p>
  • +<p>ACL graft tear with bucket handle tear of the medial meniscus.</p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was added:

ACL graft tear at the tibial articular surface level.

The medial meniscus shows a complex tear - predominantly vertical with bucket handle configuration showing flipped central fragment.

Images Changes:

Image MRI (PD) ( update )

Perspective was set to Coronal.

Image MRI (PD fat sat) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.
Specifics changed from PD to PD fat sat.

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