ArticleMedicine2018
The imaging features of the meniscal roots on isotropic 3D MRI in young asymptomatic volunteers.
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- Evaluating the diagnostic performance of MRI-based signs for identification of meniscus posterior root tears: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Pooled it
- Standardized MRI nomenclature for knee meniscal lesions: SSR consensus panel report.Skeletal radiology · 2026Review
- Revisiting meniscal anatomical variants of the knee: a high-resolution 7-Tesla MRI study.European radiology · 2026Article
- Greater medial proximal tibial slope is associated with bone marrow lesions in middle-aged women with early knee osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedics and traumatology : official journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology · 2023Article
- A characteristic MRI finding to diagnose a partial tear of the medial meniscus posterior root: an ocarina sign.Knee surgery & related research · 2021Article
- Magnetic resonance imaging of the meniscal roots.Skeletal radiology · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to describe clearly the normal imaging features of the meniscal roots on the magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a 3-dimensional (3D) proton density-weighted (PDW) sequence at 3T.
methodsA total of 60 knees of 31 young asymptomatic volunteers were examined using a 3D MRI. The insertion patterns, constitution patterns, and MR signals of the meniscal roots were recorded.
resultsThe anterior root of the medial meniscus (ARMM), the anterior root of the lateral meniscus (ARLM), and the posterior root of the medial meniscus (PRMM) had 1 insertion site, whereas the posterior root of the lateral meniscus (PRLM) can be divided into major and minor insertion sites. The ARLM and the PRMM usually consisted of multiple fiber bundles (≥3), whereas the ARMM and the PRLM often consisted of a single fiber bundle. The ARMM and the PRLM usually appeared as hypointense, whereas the ARLM and the PRMM typically exhibited mixed signals.
conclusionsThe meniscal roots can be complex and diverse, and certain characteristics of them were observed on 3D MRI. Understanding the normal imaging features of the meniscal roots is extremely beneficial for further diagnosis of root tears.
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