Singapore Med J 2013; 54(2):108-113; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013041
Clinics in diagnostic imaging (144)
Wong BS, Lee T, Forster BB, Andrews GT
Correspondence: Dr Steven Bak Siew Wong, drsbswong@hotmail.com
ABSTRACT
A 35-year-old female patient with previous left knee anterior cruciate ligament repair for a skiing injury presented six years later with a traumatic lateral patellar subluxation. Radiographs and magnetic resonance imaging of her left knee joint showed an ossific structure in the region of the lateral meniscus. This was diagnosed as a meniscal ossicle and confirmed during successful arthroscopic excision. The imaging features of meniscal ossicles are reported.
Keywords: knee, meniscal ossicle, trauma
Singapore Med J 2013; 54(2):108–113; http://dx.doi.org/10.11622/smedj.2013041
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