title: [Imaging of traumatic injuries of the knee].
abstract: Traumatic injuries to the knee are frequent (road or sports related accidents, falls in elderly people). The Ottawa knee rules are applied and dictate the need for additional evaluation. Some fractures are adequately assessed on plain radiographs alone whereas other fractures (tibial plateau fracture) require additional evaluation with CT. Some fractures may be occult: the significance of lipohemarthrosis (indirect sign of intra-articular fracture on the lateral radiograph with horizontal beam) must be known. Benign appearing avulsion fractures suggest the presence of underlying capsuloligamentous injuries requiring further evaluation with MRI. The imaging work-up of sprains is usually negative. MRI may show areas of bone contusion that further the understanding of the mechanism of injury, predict and confirm the presence of capsuloligamentous injuries. Angiography is performed to detect popliteal artery injuries after knee dislocation which is associated with a risk of ischemia.
authors.affiliation: Service d'Imagerie Médicale, CHU Nîmes, Groupe Hospitalo-Universitaire Carémeau, Place du Professeur Robert Debré, 30029 Nîmes Cedex 9, France. dominique.blin@chu-nimes.fr
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Blin
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cyteval
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kamba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Blondel
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Lopez
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000792:Angiography; D005264:Femoral Fractures / Q000601:surgery*; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000175:diagnosis; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010329:Patella / Q000293:injuries; D011150:Popliteal Artery / Q000293:injuries; D013978:Tibial Fractures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed