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bucket-handle tear [1 record]

Record 1 2005-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radiography (Medicine)
  • Bones and Joints
DEF

A longitudinal tear of a semilunar cartilage in the knee joint, along the middle portion, leaving a loop of cartilage lying in the intercondylar notch. Best seen on arthrography and magnetic resonance. [From BUMED, 1989, p. 692 and DOMED, 1988, p. 659.]

Key term(s)
  • bucket handle tear
  • bucket handle fracture

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radiographie (Médecine)
  • Os et articulations
DEF

Déchirure longitudinale d'un ménisque du genou isolant une bande fibreuse fixée seulement en avant et en arrière et flottant dans l'articulation. Visible surtout à l'arthrographie et à la résonance magnétique.

Spanish

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