Potential pitfalls of a double PCL sign

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 735-739

  Venkatanarasimha, Nanda ^a   Kamath, A ^b   Mukherjee, K ^c   Kamath, S ^c  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Double posterior cruciate ligament; MRI; Posterior cruciate ligament

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DOUBLE POSTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT SIGN; HUMAN; KNEE; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE LIGAMENT INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENISCI, TIBIAL;

EID: 68249086935     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-009-0654-5     Document Type: Review

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