| Location |
Knee |
| Diagnosis |
Bucket-handle tear of the menisci |
| Discussion |
The displaced fragment of a bucket handle tear of the meniscus can move medially to lie within the intercondylar notch. The fragment-in-notch sign is defined as a band like area of low signal intensity within the intercondylar notch, not appearing on the same slice as the PCL. The sign, when identified, can be valuable in picking up a bucket handle tear of the meniscus.
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| Reference |
Wright DH, De Smet AA, Norris M: Bucket-handle tears of the medial and lateral menisci of the knee: value of MR imaging in detecting displaced fragments. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1995 Sep;165(3):621-5. |
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