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Meniscal Ossicle in the Lateral Meniscus: An Unusual Variant of a Rare Entity

Meniscal ossicles are rare entities of the knee usually involving the medial meniscus. Lateral meniscal ossicles are exceedingly rare. We present a case of a lateral meniscal ossicle found incidentally after trauma. The etiology and characteristic findings on imaging are discussed.

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Autores principales: Yen, Philip, Hunter, John, Escobedo, Eva
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4897977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307810
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v4i2.289
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description Meniscal ossicles are rare entities of the knee usually involving the medial meniscus. Lateral meniscal ossicles are exceedingly rare. We present a case of a lateral meniscal ossicle found incidentally after trauma. The etiology and characteristic findings on imaging are discussed.
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spelling pubmed-48979772016-06-15 Meniscal Ossicle in the Lateral Meniscus: An Unusual Variant of a Rare Entity Yen, Philip Hunter, John Escobedo, Eva Radiol Case Rep Article Meniscal ossicles are rare entities of the knee usually involving the medial meniscus. Lateral meniscal ossicles are exceedingly rare. We present a case of a lateral meniscal ossicle found incidentally after trauma. The etiology and characteristic findings on imaging are discussed. Elsevier 2016-01-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4897977/ /pubmed/27307810 http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v4i2.289 Text en © 2009 The Authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4897977/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27307810
http://dx.doi.org/10.2484/rcr.v4i2.289
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