The characteristic findings of an inverted-type discoid lateral meniscus tear: a hidden tear pattern

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Junsuke Nakase¹  Hiroyuki Tsuchiya¹  Kengo Shimozaki¹  Kazu Toyooka¹  Kazuki Asai¹  Yasushi Takata¹  Katsuhiko Kitaoka² 

[1] 0000 0001 2308 3329, grid.9707.9, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, 13-1 Takara-machi, 920-8641, Kanazawa-shi, Ishikawa-ken, Japan;Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Kijima Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan;

关键词: Inverted-type tear;    Discoid lateral meniscus;    Magnetic resonance imaging;    Arthroscopic partial meniscectomy;    Trauma;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s12891-019-2618-9

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【 摘 要 】

BackgroundThe purpose of this study was to reveal the clinical history and physical and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of patients with an inverted-type discoid lateral meniscus (DLM) tear compared with those with a symptomatic and torn discoid meniscus without inverted tear patterns.Materials and methodsBetween 2014 and 2016, 12 patients underwent arthroscopic partial meniscectomy for an inverted-type DLM tear (inverted group). We age-matched these patients with 12 controls who were extracted from many normal DLM tear cases in the same period (non-inverted group). The assessment items were traumatic history with the onset of pain, the mean duration between the appearance of symptoms and surgery, preoperative knee range of motion (ROM), positive findings on the McMurray test, knee locking or catching, and characteristic MRI findings. These items were compared between the two groups using χ2 and Student’s t-tests.ResultAll patients in the inverted group had clear trauma with the onset of pain during sports or daily life activities, and 7 of the 12 patients with a non-inverted type of DLM tear had clear trauma. There was a significantly higher rate of traumatic history in the inverted group than in the non-inverted group (P = 0.03). The mean duration between the appearance of symptoms and surgery, preoperative knee ROM, positive findings on the McMurray test, and knee locking or catching were not significantly different between the inverted and non-inverted groups. On MRI, the diagnosis ratio of DLM was significantly higher in the non-inverted group (9/12 cases) than in the inverted group (3/12 cases, P = 0.04). Nine of the 12 inverted-type patients had the characteristic findings of an inverted-type DLM tear, including a duplicated or enlarged posterior horn and blunting of the inner rim, on the sagittal plane of an MRI.ConclusionPatients with inverted-type DLM tears had clear trauma and infrequently had the characteristic MRI findings that are observed in patients with normal DLM tears. Physicians should suspect that an inverted-type DLM tear is present during diagnosis and focus on the posterior horn to find the inverted sign on the MRI sagittal plane.Level of evidenceLevel III.

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