Presentation
Recent trauma. Now medial knee pain. ? medial mensical tear.
Patient Data
Age: 45
Gender: Female
From the case:
Medial meniscal root tear
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Tear at the junction of the posterior horn medial meniscus and its attachment of the tibial eminence. This is known as the meniscal root.
Case Discussion
These tears are unusual and occur either as an acute injury in young patients or as a degenerative process in older patients. As the meniscus is reasonably well vascularized at the root, surgical repair is recommended in younger patients. In older patients with degeneration there is often associated chondral damage thus repair is more problematic and can fail.