[Injuries of the cruciate ligament of the knee: diagnostic contribution of MR and spiral CT].
Lesions of cruciate ligament are common after knee trauma of different degree of gravity. Lesions evaluation is possible thanks to CT and MRI. Our purpose is to verify their value in diagnosis of cruciate ligaments lesions. We retrospectively evaluated 160 patients (80 CT and 80 MRI) with subsequent diagnosis of cruciate ligaments injury. CT and MRI were performed in the acute phase and in the subacute phase within 2-3 weeks from trauma. On the basis of our results CT and MRI shown a reduced sensitivity in acute phase owing to the intraarticular haemorrhage; in this phase MRI gives more information about fibres interruption. In subacute or chronic phase, both methods are correct in recognising the lesions but MRI is more sensitive and accurate. It is a real wish that, with more MRI machines diffusion, this method will be preferred in the study of cruciate ligaments both in acute phase and subacute-chronic phase.
Cusmano
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Istituto di Scienze Radiologiche, Università degli Studi di Parma.
Pedrazzini
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M
Uccelli
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M
Luccichenti
G
G
Lucidi
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V
Ampollini
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A
Adravanti
P
P
Pavone
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P
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016118:Anterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000070598:Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injuries; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016119:Posterior Cruciate Ligament / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries* / Q000473:pathology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed