51-year-old female with knee pain. Evaluate for meniscal tear. Suboptimal evaluation secondary to artifact and patient inability to tolerate further imaging, particularly affecting the coronal PD fat saturated sequence.MENISCI: The medial and lateral meniscus appear intact.ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE: No bone marrow signal abnormalities are identified. There is superficial fraying of the articular cartilage along the lateral facet of the patella. There is a full-thickness cleft along the medial facet of the femoral trochlea, centrally.LIGAMENTS: The cruciate and collateral ligaments appear intact. EXTENSOR MECHANISM: The extensor mechanism appears intact.ADDITIONAL
1. Borderline tibial tubercle to trochlear groove distance with a full-thickness articular cartilage cleft along the femoral trochlea as described above.2. Small knee joint effusion.