title: Meniscal ossification.
abstract: Meniscal ossicles are rare in the human knee. We present one case. A 57-year-old taxi driver complained of right knee pain and swelling with radiographic findings of a meniscal ossicle. Arthroscopic inspection showed a degenerative and horizontal tear and calcium deposit at the middle and posterior thirds of lateral discoid meniscus. His lateral discoid meniscus, containing the ossicle, was removed. He was asymptomatic at a 3-year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan.
authors.forename: Takatomo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mine
authors.forename: Tosihiko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taguchi
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ihara
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Tohru
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Moriwaki
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawai
mesh_terms: D018771:Arthralgia / Q000209:etiology; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*