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Bucket handle meniscal tear with collateral and anterior cruciate ligament tears

Case contributed by Nafisa Shakir Batta
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Trauma

Patient Data

Age: 60 years
Gender: Male

There is a full thickness ACL tear, complete tear of superficial anterior fibers of MCL ( grade 2), mid fibers of LCL ( grade 3), partial tear of popliteus with strain pattern injury, a flipped bucket handle tear of lateral meniscus, fracture posterolateral tibial cortex with bony contusions and extensive soft tissue edema. Also seen is joint effusion, lipohemarthrosis and coexistent trochlear dysplasia.

Case Discussion

ACL, MCL, LCL tears with bony contusions, and bucket handle tear of lateral meniscus.

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