title: Multimodality imaging assessment of meniscal ossicle.
abstract: A case of meniscal ossicles occurring in the left knee of a 23-year-old woman is presented. Radiographs showed two calcified lesions at the posteromedial aspect of the knee which were interpreted as loose bodies. Sonography, computed tomography arthrography and magnetic resonance imaging showed the fragments within the posterior horn of the medial meniscus permitting a diagnosis of meniscal ossicles. These techniques can detect meniscal ossicles and exclude intra-articular loose bodies.
authors.affiliation: Istituto di Radiologia, Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Martinoli
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bianchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spadola
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garcia
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007717:Knee; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography