EXAM: 73721 MRI LOWER EXTREMITY JOINT
CLINICAL INFORMATION: Right knee pain.
TECHNIQUE: MRI scan of the right knee was performed in the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes with a variety of spin-echo sequences. The MRI scan was perforned on a GR Signa 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner.
FINDINGS: The patient is status post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The anterior cruciate ligament graft is intact. There is a complex medial meniscus tear. The lateral meniscus demonstrates blunting of the inner margin with an inner margin tear. There is three compartment osteoarthritis. Medial and lateral collateral ligaments are intact. Marrow signal is preserved. There is a joint effusion. There is chondromalacic changes of the patella.
IMPRESSION:
1. Medial and lateral meniscal tears.
2. Status post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Surgery will be scheduled for sometime during Christmas break.
CLINICAL INFORMATION: Right knee pain.
TECHNIQUE: MRI scan of the right knee was performed in the axial, sagittal, and coronal planes with a variety of spin-echo sequences. The MRI scan was perforned on a GR Signa 1.5 Tesla MRI scanner.
FINDINGS: The patient is status post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction. The anterior cruciate ligament graft is intact. There is a complex medial meniscus tear. The lateral meniscus demonstrates blunting of the inner margin with an inner margin tear. There is three compartment osteoarthritis. Medial and lateral collateral ligaments are intact. Marrow signal is preserved. There is a joint effusion. There is chondromalacic changes of the patella.
IMPRESSION:
1. Medial and lateral meniscal tears.
2. Status post anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
Surgery will be scheduled for sometime during Christmas break.
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