Reason: L knee pain History: Left knee pain Due to the patient's body habitus, the high definition knee coil could not be utilized. An alternative coil was used instead resulting in slightly suboptimal image quality.MENISCI: The lateral meniscus appears intact. The medial meniscus appears intact.ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE: There is focal near full-thickness degeneration of the articular cartilage of the medial facet of the patella and superficial degeneration of the articular cartilage of the lateral facet of the patella. There is also mild focal degeneration of the articular cartilage of the femoral trochlea, centrally. The tibiofemoral cartilage appears relatively preserved. There is slight lateral translation of the patella relative to the center of the femoral trochlea, but the tibial tubercle trochlear groove distance is within normal limits.LIGAMENTS: The cruciate and collateral ligaments appear intact. EXTENSOR MECHANISM: The extensor mechanism appears intact.ADDITIONAL
Patellofemoral cartilage degeneration and small joint effusion.