32-year-old female dancer with pain and intermittent effusions as well as a proximal tibial shaft stress fracture. Please evaluate. MENISCI: The medial and lateral meniscus appear intact.ARTICULAR CARTILAGE AND BONE: No bone marrow signal abnormality is identified to suggest a stress fracture.LIGAMENTS: The cruciate and collateral ligaments appear intact. There is a subcentimeter focus of fluid signal intensity within the distal fibers of the anterior cruciate ligament which may represent ganglion formation versus mucoid degeneration.EXTENSOR MECHANISM: The extensor mechanism appears intact.ADDITIONAL
Normal appearing MRI of the knee. Specifically, there is no evidence of a proximal tibial stress fracture to correspond to the findings seen on recent radiographs.