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01-11-2005 | Case Report

The quadruple cruciate sign of simultaneous bicompartmental medial and lateral bucket-handle meniscal tears

Authors: Alejandro N. Bugnone, R. R. Ramnath, S. B. Davis, R. Sedaros

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 11/2005

Abstract

We report the second known case of bicompartmental bucket-handle tears of the medial and lateral menisci and the first documented case of the bucket-handle tears occurring simultaneously following trauma, which occurred after a motorcycle accident. Both bucket-handle fragments were displaced into the intercondylar notch. An anterior cruciate ligament tear was also present. Coronal images demonstrated four structures in the intercondylar notch: the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and the medial and lateral bucket-handle meniscal fragments.

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Title: The quadruple cruciate sign of simultaneous bicompartmental medial and lateral bucket-handle meniscal tears
Authors: Alejandro N. Bugnone
R. R. Ramnath
S. B. Davis
R. Sedaros
Publication date: 01-11-2005
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Skeletal Radiology / Issue 11/2005
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-005-0915-x

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