24 year-old woman with history of swelling, pain, and tenderness to palpation over the medial aspect of the joint. Additional history as per patient chart states the patient fell recently. MENISCI: The lateral and medial menisci appear intact.ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE: There is abnormal, curvilinear signal intensity in the lateral tibial plateau with surrounding edema signal. This likely represents a fracture, however the fracture fragment does not appear significantly displaced. The marrow signal of the distal femur appears normal.The articular cartilage of the patellofemoral and tibiofemoral compartments is intact.LIGAMENTS: The ACL, PCL, MCL, and LCL complex are intact. EXTENSOR MECHANISM: The extensor mechanism is intact.ADDITIONAL
Lateral tibial plateau fracture. This finding was discussed with Lynn Goody-Colamussi in person at 10:05AM. 