Patient with right knee pain. MENISCI: There is elongated globular intermediate signal intensity within the body and posterior horn of the medial meniscus that contacts the tibial articular surface. This likely represents intrasubstance degeneration and degenerative undersurface tearing. The anterior horn appears intact. Lateral meniscus is intact.ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE: There is minimal edema type signal in the medial tibial plateau subjacent to the aforementioned suspected meniscal tear. However, the articular cartilage of medial compartment appears normal for age. Lateral compartment cartilage appears normal for age. There is a signal heterogeneity of the articular cartilage of the patella, indicating mild to moderate degenerative changes, with at least one near full-thickness cartilage cleft. There is also mild thinning of the articular cartilage of the femoral trochlea centrally.LIGAMENTS: Cruciate and collateral ligaments are intact. EXTENSOR MECHANISM: The extensor mechanism is intact.There is mild edema within the anterior subcutaneous tissue of the knee which is nonspecific.ADDITIONAL
1.Intrasubstance degeneration and undersurface degenerative tearing of the medial meniscus.2.Mild to moderate degenerative changes of the articular cartilage of the patellofemoral joint.3.Joint effusion and other findings as described above.