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. 2025 May 2;25(1):180-182.
doi: 10.18295/squmj.10.2024.069. eCollection 2025.

Meniscal Ossicle

Márcio L Duarte  1   2 , Mayara O da Silva  3   4
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Meniscal Ossicle

Márcio L Duarte et al. Sultan Qaboos Univ Med J. .
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Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Left knee magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan in (A) sagittal proton density (PD) sequence, (B) coronal T1 sequence and (C) axial T2 sequence demonstrating meniscal ossicle (white arrows) and rupture of the root of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus (red arrow). Left knee MRI scan in (D) coronal PD FAT SAT sequence showing chondral irregularity in the weight-bearing zone of the medial femoral condyle (white arrow).
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