title: Acute Concomitant Anterior Cruciate Ligament and Patellar Tendon Tears in a Non-dislocated Knee.
abstract: Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears are common and may occur in isolation or with other internal derangements of the joint. Tears of the patellar tendon (PT) occur less frequently and are rarely associated with intra-articular pathology. Acute combined tears of both the ACL and PT are known complications of high-energy traumatic knee dislocations. We present a case of an acute concomitant ACL and PT tears in a low-energy non-dislocated knee. To our knowledge, this injury has only been described in a limited number of case reports in the orthopedic literature. We present the imaging findings of this combined injury and discuss the importance of magnetic resonance (MR) in diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
authors.forename: Robert D
authors.initials: RD
authors.lastname: Wissman
authors.forename: Nathaniel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vonfischer
authors.forename: Kari
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kempf