Simultaneous bicompartmental bucket handle meniscal tears with a clinically competent Anterior Cruciate Ligament.
Bucket handle meniscal tears (BHMT) of the knee occur infrequently (approximately 10% of meniscal injuries). Simultaneous, bicompartmental BHMT are extremely rare. Previously, these have only been reported in association with a ruptured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The pathomechanism of this injury was thought to be due to the lack of knee stability following the ACL injury. We present a case of a 38 year old male patient with bicompartmental BHMT with a clinically competent ACL. This highlights the need for clinical and radiological suspicion of simultaneous BHMTs even in the presence of an intact ACL.
Wright
Jonathan
J
CT1 Orthopaedics, University Hospital Lewisham, London, UK. jonnywright1@gmail.com.
Tamura
Chiharu
C
Findlay
Iain
I
Daneshfar
Aria
A