Arcuate sign of posterolateral knee injuries: Anatomic, radiographic, and MR imaging data related to patterns of injury

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 619-627

  Lee, Josephine ^a   Papakonstantinou, Olympia ^a,c   Brookenthal, Keith R ^b   Trudell, Debra ^a   Resnick, Donald L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Arcuate sign; MR imaging; Posterolateral knee injuries

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPIC SURGERY; ARTICLE; AVULSION FRACTURE; CADAVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE RADIOGRAPHY; LEG EDEMA; LEG MUSCLE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLLATERAL LIGAMENTS; FEMALE; FIBULA; HUMANS; JOINT INSTABILITY; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; TENDON INJURIES;

EID: 0242690099     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-003-0679-0     Document Type: Article

References (18)

1. Vetri DM, Warren RF. Posterolateral instability of the knee. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1994; 76A:460-472.
2. Haughston JL, Jacobson KE. Chronic posterolateral instability of the knee. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1985; 67:351-353.
3. Baker CL, Norwood LA, Hughston JC. Acute posterolateral instability of the knee. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1983; 65A:614-618
4. Shindell R, Walsh WM, Connolly JF. Avulsion fracture of the fibula: the "arcuate sign" of posterolateral knee instability. Nebraska Med J 1984; 369-371.
5. Seebacher JR, Inglis AE, Marshall JL, Warren RF. The structure of the posterolateral aspect of the knee. J Bone Joint Surg Am 1982; 64A:536-541.
6. Terry GC, LaPrade RF. The posterolateral aspect of the knee: anatomy and surgical approach. Am J Sports Med 1996; 24:732-739.
7. Shahane SA, Ibbotson C, Strachan R, Bickerstaff DR. The popliteofibular ligament: an anatomical study of the posterolateral corner of the knee. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1999; 81:1020-1022.
8. De Maeseneer M, Shahabpour M, Vanderdood K et al. Posterolateral supporting structures of the knee: findings on anatomic dissection, anatomic slices and MR images. Eur Radiol 2001; 11:2170-2177.
9. Yu JS, Salonen DC, Hodler J, Haghighi P, Trudell D, Resnick D. Posterolateral aspect of the knee: improved MR imaging with a coronal oblique technique. Radiology 1996; 198:199-204.
10. Veltri DM, Deng XH, Torzilli PA, Maynard MJ, Warren RF. The role of the popliteofibular ligament in stability of the human knee: a biomechanical study. Am J Sports Med 1996; 24:19-27.
11. Hughston JC, Norwood LA. The posterolateral drawer test and external recurvatum test for posterolateral rotatory instability of the knee. Clin Orthop 1983; 82-87.
12. Obelander MA, Shalvoy RM, Hughston JC. The accuracy of clinical knee examination documented by arthroscopy: a prospective study. Am J Sports Med 1993; 21:773-778.
13. Miller TT, Gladden P, Staron R, Henry JH, Feldman F. Posterolateral stabilizers of the knee: anatomy and injuries assessed with MR imaging. AJR 1997; 169:1641-1647.
14. Recondo JA, Salvador E, Villanova JA et al. Lateral stabilizing structure of the knee: functional anatomy and injuries assessed with MR imaging. Radiographics 2000; 20:91-102.
15. Ross G, Chapman AW, Newberg AR, Scheller AD. Magnetic resonance imaging for the evaluation of acute posterolateral complex injuries of the knee. Am J Sports Med 1997; 25:444-448.
16. LePrade RF, Gilbert TG, Bollom S et al. The magnetic resonance imaging appearance of individual structures of the posterolateral knee. A prospective study of normal knees and knees with surgically verified grade III injuries. Am J Sports Med 2000; 28:191-199.
17. Twaddle BC, Hunter JC, Chapman JR et al. MRI in acute knee dislocation: a prospective study of clinical, MRI and surgical findings. J Bone Joint Surg Br 1996; 78B:573-579.
18. Juhng SK, Lee JK, Joi BS, Yoon KH, Roh BS, Won JJ. MR evaluation of the arcuate sign of posterolateral knee instability. AJR 2002; 178:583-588.