Bucket handle meniscal tear

Case contributed by Yahya Baba
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Locked left knee after a long flight. No trauma history.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Female
x-ray
Frontal
Lateral
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  • infrapatellar soft tissue edema with no bone fractures.

  • mild degenerative changes with medial joint space narrowing and subchondral sclerosis

mri
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Sagittal
PD fat sat
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Axial PD
fat sat
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Coronal PD
fat sat
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Sagittal
T1
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Case Discussion

The patient had a knee arthroscopy that confirmed the diagnosis of a bucket handle meniscal tear of the posterior and body of the medial meniscus. A partial medial meniscectomy was then performed. The patient fully recovered after two months.

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