Reason: meniscus tear? History: right knee pain MENISCI: The medial and lateral meniscus appear intact. There is globular increased signal abnormality within the posterior horn of the medial meniscus which likely represents intrasubstance degeneration.ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE: The medial and lateral compartment articular cartilage appears intact. There is superficial fraying of the articular cartilage along the lateral facet of the patella. There is a near full-thickness to full-thickness articular cartilage cleft along the lateral facet of the patella. There is a full-thickness articular cartilage cleft along the medial facet of the patella as well.LIGAMENTS: The cruciate and collateral ligaments appear intact. EXTENSOR MECHANISM: The extensor mechanism appears intact. There is an extensive amount of subcutaneous edema along the anterior aspect of the patella and patellar tendon. Some of this edema but becomes confluent along the anterior aspect of the proximal patellar tendon. This is nonspecific but may represent an early prepatellar bursitis.ADDITIONAL
1. Articular cartilage degeneration most pronounced along the patellofemoral articulation with full thickness articular cartilage clefts as described above.2. Nonspecific subcutaneous edema along the anterior aspect of the patella and patellar tendon which may represent an early prepatellar bursitis.