This 53 y/o male with a complaint of chronic increasing knee pain underwent MRI of the knee. Selected coronal T2 weighted images are shown above. A discoid lateral meniscus is evident. A meniscal tear was not seen on these or other images.
  1. Fleissner PR, Eilert RE. Discoid lateral meniscus. Am J Knee Surg 1999 Spring;12(2):125-31 UI:99255085
  2. Lee MJ, Munk PL. Musculoskeletal case 1: Lateral discoid meniscus. Can J Surg 1998 Dec;41(6):424, 466 UI:99071693
  3. Woods GW, Whelan JM. Discoid meniscus. Clin Sports Med 1990 Jul;9(3):695-706 UI:90335986
  4. Ryu KN, Kim IS, Kim EJ, Ahn JW, Bae DK, Sartoris DJ, Resnick D. MR imaging of tears of discoid lateral menisci. AJR Am J Roentgenol 1998 Oct;171(4):963-7 UI:98433940
  5. Araki Y, Ashikaga R, Fujii K, Ishida O, Hamada M, Ueda J, Tsukaguchi I. MR imaging of meniscal tears with discoid lateral meniscus. Eur J Radiol 1998 May;27(2):153-60 UI:98301013
  6. Hamada M, Shino K, Kawano K, Araki Y, Matsui Y, Doi T. Usefulness of magnetic resonance imaging for detecting intrasubstance tear and/or degeneration of lateral discoid meniscus. Arthroscopy 1994 Dec;10(6):645-53 UI:95185969
  7. Rubin DA. MR imaging of the knee menisci. Radiol Clin North Am 1997 Jan;35(1):21-44 UI:97152276
  8. Manaster BJ. Magnetic resonance imaging of the knee. Semin Ultrasound CT MR 1990 Aug;11(4):307-26 UI:91000766
  9. Mandell GA, Harcke HT, Kumar SJ. Congenital disorders of the extremities. Top Magn Reson Imaging 1991 Dec;4(1):1-20 UI:92110025
  10. Connolly B, Babyn PS, Wright JG, Thorner PS. Discoid meniscus in children: magnetic resonance imaging characteristics. Can Assoc Radiol J 1996 Oct;47(5):347-54 UI:97010936
  11. Barnes CL, McCarthy RE, VanderSchilden JL, McConnell JR, Nusbickel FR. Discoid lateral meniscus in a young child: case report and review of the literature. J Pediatr Orthop 1988 Nov-Dec;8(6):707-9 UI:89054361

Use the Back or Backward button on your browser to return