Magnetic resonance diagnosis of meniscal tears in patients with acute anterior cruciate ligament tears |
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Authors: | Jee Won-Hee McCauley Thomas R Kim Jung-Man |
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Affiliation: | Department of Radiology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea, Seochu-gu, Seoul, Korea. whjee@catholic.ac.kr |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accuracy of magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of meniscal tear in patients with acute anterior cruciate ligament tears. METHODS: Magnetic resonance images obtained from 41 patients imaged within 6 weeks of injury who had acute anterior cruciate ligament tears identified at arthroscopy were retrospectively reviewed for meniscal tear. RESULTS: With MR imaging the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy for diagnosing meniscal tears in the presence of acute anterior cruciate ligament tears were 71%, 93%, and 88%; for the lateral meniscal tears were 57%, 100% and 85%; and for the medial meniscal tears were 100%, 88%, 90%. All false negative cases (n = 6) involved the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus. CONCLUSION: In the presence of acute anterior cruciate ligament tears, MRI imaging has relatively low sensitivity for detecting meniscal tears due to missed tears in the lateral meniscus. |
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