Posterior cruciate ligament avulsion fracture

Case contributed by Ahmed Abdrabou , 22 Dec 2014
Diagnosis certain
Changed by Yusra Sheikh, 22 Dec 2019

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 26 years to 25 years.

Systems changed:

  • Trauma

Updates to Study Attributes

Findings was changed:

The patient encountered hyperextension injury of the knee which induced groupwith resultant constellation of related lesions as followfindings:

  • avulsion fracture of the PCL with bony fragment from its tibial attachment
  • horizontal tear of the lateral meniscus with large parameniscal cyst
  • abnormal signal within the belly of popliteus muscle likely hematoma with intact popliteal tendon
  • bone bruise at the posterolateral corner of the tibial plateau

Lateral collateral ligament, biceps femoris tendon, popliteo-fibular ligament, arcuate ligament and iliotibial tracts are intact.

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