Simultaneous bicompartmental bucket-handle meniscal tears with intact anterior cruciate ligament: a case report
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Lykissas, M. G.
Mataliotakis, G. I.
Paschos, N.
Panovrakos, C.
Beris, A. E.
Papageorgiou, C. D.
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J Med Case Reports
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INTRODUCTION: Bucket handle tear of the menisci is a common type of lesion resulting from injury to the knee joint. Bucket handle injury of both menisci in almost all cases is associated with a lesion to either the anterior or the posterior cruciate ligament of the knee joint. We describe a case of acute bucket-handle tear of the medial and lateral menisci with intact anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments in a dancer. To the best of our knowledge, there are no previous reports of this type of injury in the literature. CASE PRESENTATION: A 28-year-old Caucasian Greek woman presented to the emergency department after sustaining an injury to her right knee during dancing. An MRI evaluation demonstrated tears in both menisci of the right knee, while the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments were found to be intact. A partial medial and lateral meniscectomy was then performed. At a follow-up examination six months after her injury, clinical tests demonstrated that our patient's right knee was stable, had a full range of motion and had no tenderness. She was satisfied with the outcome of the operation and returned to her pre-injury activities. CONCLUSION: We present the first case in the literature that describes a combined bucket-handle injury of both the medial and lateral menisci with an intact anterior cruciate ligament. The clinical examination of the anterior cruciate ligament was unremarkable, with no signs of deficiency or rupture. The posterior cruciate ligament was also intact. On magnetic resonance imaging, the ligaments were visualised as intact in all their length. These findings were confirmed by arthroscopic evaluation.
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20181059
http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/pdf/1752-1947-4-34.pdf
http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/pdf/1752-1947-4-34.pdf
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Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών Υγείας. Τμήμα Ιατρικής