Grade 2C Signal in the Mensicus on MR Imaging of the Knee
Thomas R. McCauley1,
Won-Hee Jee1,2,
Marc T. Galloway3,4,
Kevin Lynch3 and
Peter Jokl3
1 Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, 333
Cedar St., Rm. MRC 147, New Haven, CT 06520.
2 Present address: Department of Radiology, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, The
Catholic University of Korea, 505 Banpo-dong Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
137-701.
3 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New
Haven, CT 06520.
4 Present address: Cincinnati Sports Medicine and Orthopedic Center, 12115
Sheraton Ln., Cincinnati, OH 45246.

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Fig. 1A. 16-year-old girl with knee pain after falling and normal
menisci at arthroscopy. Sagittal T1-weighted spin-echo MR image shows normal
signal in lateral meniscus.
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Fig. 1B. 16-year-old girl with knee pain after falling and normal
menisci at arthroscopy. Sagittal T1-weighted spin-echo MR image shows grade 2C
signal in posterior horn of medial meniscus (arrow).
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Fig. 2. Sagittal T1-weighted spin-echo MR image in 49-year-old man
with knee pain on exercise shows grade 2C signal in posterior horn of lateral
meniscus (arrow), confirmed as tear at arthroscopy.
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Fig. 3. Sagittal T1-weighted spin-echo MR image in 58-year-old woman
with chronic knee pain and swelling shows grade 2C signal in posterior horn of
medial meniscus (arrow), confirmed as intact meniscus at
arthroscopy.
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