Central hole tear of the discoid meniscus of the knee in magnetic resonance imaging: Mimicking the bucket-handle tear

Journal of Computer Assisted Tomography

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 155-159

  Choi, Jin Wook ^a   Chung, Hye Won ^b   Ahn, Jin Hwan ^a   Yoon, Young Cheol ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Knee abnormalities; Knee cartilage; Knee injuries; Knee ligaments; Knee menisci; Knee MRI

Indexed keywords

CARTILAGE;

BOW TIE; CLINICAL HISTORY; IMAGING FEATURES; KNEE ABNORMALITY; KNEE CARTILAGE; KNEE INJURY; KNEE LIGAMENTS; KNEE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; KNEE MENISCUS; MENISCUS TEARS;

MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; BUCKET HANDLE TEAR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOPHYTE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOARTHRITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62149124845     PISSN: 03638715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RCT.0b013e318166d6a7     Document Type: Article

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