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Review
. 2016 Nov;67(4):379-386.
doi: 10.1016/j.carj.2016.02.002. Epub 2016 Aug 4.

Osseous Injury Associated With Ligamentous Tear of the Knee

Chee Hwee Lee  1 , Chih Feng Tan  2 , Okwha Kim  3 , Kyung Jin Suh  4 , Min-Szu Yao  5 , Wing P Chan  6 , Jim S Wu  7
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Review

Osseous Injury Associated With Ligamentous Tear of the Knee

Chee Hwee Lee et al. Can Assoc Radiol J. 2016 Nov.
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Abstract

One of the most common knee injuries is ligament tear, which may initially manifest as an osseous injury in radiographs. Radiologists should therefore be able to recognize ligament tears of the knee as osseous abnormalities in images. This review focuses on the imaging features of knee ligament injuries and their related osseous injuries: anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear with Segond fracture; associated marrow contusion; ACL avulsion fracture; posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) tear with osseous avulsion of the ligament including arcuate sign; reverse Segond fracture; PCL avulsion fracture; medial collateral ligament tear with Pellegrini-Stieda disease; lateral collateral ligament tear with avulsion fracture of the fibular head; and patellar ligament injuries with Osgood-Schlatter and Sinding-Larsen-Johansson.

Keywords: Bone; Fracture; Ligamentous tear; Magnetic resonance imaging; Radiograph.

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