Subchondral insufficiency fracture of the knee

Case contributed by Roberto Schubert , 2 Jul 2011
Diagnosis almost certain
Changed by Mostafa Elfeky, 14 Feb 2020

Updates to Case Attributes

Age changed from 60 to 60 years .
Presentation was changed:
Medial knee pain, especially on weight bearing-bearing. Partial medial meniscectomy had been performed 10 years earlier.
Body was added:

Features are suggestive of spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee, affecting medial femoral condyle.

  • +<p>Features are suggestive of <a title="Spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee" href="/articles/subchondral-insufficiency-fracture-of-the-knee">spontaneous osteonecrosis of the knee</a>, affecting medial femoral condyle.</p>

Updates to Study Attributes

Caption was added:
Knee joint
Findings was added:

Cortical irregularity, flattening and articular cartilage erosions of the articular surface of the medial femoral condyle. This is associated with diffuse bone marrow oedema of the medial condyle.

Partial medial meniscectomy of the posterior horn is noted.

Images Changes:

Image MRI (PD) ( update )

Perspective was set to Sagittal.

Image MRI (STIR) ( update )

Perspective was set to Coronal.

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