Bucket-Handle Tear of the Medial Meniscus in a 2-Year-Old Child
| Autor: | Jordan M. Gross, Kyle Y. Fink, Damon Delbello, Neil Kaushal, Himanshu Patel |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Limp Pain Osteoarthritis Conservative Treatment 03 medical and health sciences Arthroscopy 0302 clinical medicine medicine McMurray test Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine 030222 orthopedics medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry 030229 sport sciences medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Surgery Tibial Meniscus Injuries Knee pain medicine.anatomical_structure Child Preschool Orthopedic surgery Female medicine.symptom business Medial meniscus |
| Zdroj: | Orthopedics. 41(4) |
| ISSN: | 1938-2367 |
| Popis: | Bucket-handle meniscal tears are extremely rare injuries in the pediatric population. Given the known sequelae of meniscal tears and the development of osteoarthritis, early diagnosis and treatment of pediatric meniscal tears are essential. The communication barrier between physicians and pediatric patients, however, creates difficulties in making the correct diagnosis of meniscal pathology. Providers should have a low threshold for obtaining further confirmatory advanced imaging if patients present with prolonged knee pain and swelling, with associated locking mechanical symptoms. Good clinical outcomes following meniscal repair have been observed, likely a result of the increased residual vascularity found within pediatric menisci. The youngest reported case of an isolated traumatic bucket-handle medial meniscal tear is examined in this article. A 2-year-old girl presented with right knee pain after a heavy object fell onto the knee several weeks earlier. On examination, the patient walked with a limp but lacked full range of active knee motion. The McMurray test elicited pain without a mechanical or palpable click. After the patient continued to exhibit limitations following conservative management, magnetic resonance imaging of the right knee was obtained, which showed a bucket-handle tear of the right medial meniscus. The patient subsequently underwent meniscal repair and, on recovery, was able to regain normal functioning of the right knee without limitations. [ Orthopedics. 2018; 41(4):e580–e582.] |
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