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Abnormal lesion that can be confused with medial meniscal tears, medial meniscocapsular band: a rare presentation
Abstract
This case report describes a medial meniscocapsular band, a structure extending from the medial capsule of the knee joint to the corpus of the medial meniscus, observed during arthroscopy in a 48-year-old woman. Preoperative physical examination findings were compatible with medial meniscal pathology only; magnetic resonance imaging showed an abnormal medial meniscus and was interpreted in favor of a tear. Arthroscopic examination showed an abnormal band inside the knee. This anatomical lesion is quite rare and similar lesions have been reported in the literature, but the extension of the band in our case is different from the extension in the cases seen in the literature. We believe that the identification of abnormal meniscal types or intra-articular bands is necessary to provide greater accuracy in MR imaging reporting.

Keywords : Arthroscopy, meniscocapsular bant, variation, meniscus

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Article available in :
Volume 2, Issue 1, 2024
Page : 19-21
https://doi.org/10.51271/JORR-0026
Article Information
Received : 21 Kas 2023
Accepted : 06 Oca 2024
Published : 29 Oca 2024
Corresponding Author :

Furkan Soy: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Turkiye

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Citation : Soy F. Abnormal lesion that can be confused with medial meniscal tears, medial meniscocapsular band: a rare presentation. J Orthop Res Rehabil. 2024;2(1):19-21.

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