Bucket-handle meniscal tear

Case contributed by Sanhita Shyam Pokle
Diagnosis certain

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Trauma two months back with knee joint pain.

Patient Data

Age: 55 years
Gender: Male
mri
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Axial PD
fat sat
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Sagittal
PD fat sat
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Sagittal
T2
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Coronal PD
fat sat
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Coronal
T1
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Absent bow-tie sign with complete non-visualization of the body of the medial meniscus. The fragment appears to be displaced centrally in the intercondylar notch with a double PCL sign suggesting a bucket handle tear.

Grade I signal in the anterior horn of the lateral meniscus.

Fiber discontinuity of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) with surrounding fluid, suggesting a complete tear, and mild buckling of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL).

Moderate knee joint effusion with suprapatellar extension.

A large cystic lesion with multiple internal thin septations with a narrow neck between the medial gastrocnemius and semimembranous tendon, suggesting a Baker‘s cyst.

Mild marrow edema over the medial tibial condyle.

Mild thinning of the femoral, tibial and patellar articular cartilage with few marginal osteophytes, with a few tiny subchondral cysts over the proximal tibia and patella - osteoarthritic changes.

Case Discussion

Typical bucket handle meniscal tear case with classic signs as follows:

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