55-year-old female patient with lateral joint line pain and popping. Evaluate for lateral meniscus tear. MENISCI: There is a complex tear, including horizontal and vertical components, as well as free edge blunting of the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus. The medial meniscus intact.ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE: There is a partial-thickness chondral fissure in the medial patellar facet. There is a 4 mm full-thickness chondral defect in the anterior portion of the medial femoral condyle. There is approximately 1.3 cm of full thickness chondral loss in the weight bearing surface of the lateral tibial plateau and partial-thickness fraying of the weightbearing portion of the lateral femoral condyle.LIGAMENTS: The anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, lateral collateral ligament complex, medial collateral ligament, and patellar retinacula are intact. EXTENSOR MECHANISM: Extensor mechanism is intact.ADDITIONAL
1.Complex tear of the posterior horn of the lateral meniscus.2.Tricompartmental chondromalacia, worst in the lateral compartment.