We report two cases of marginal fractures of the medial tibial plateau associated with medial meniscal root tears. Both patients sustained knee dislocations, with complete tears of the posterior horn medial meniscal root. One sustained a "reverse Segond fracture"; the other sustained an "anteromedial impingement fracture" of the tibial plateau. The meniscal root tears were arthroscopically confirmed and repaired. In the first patient, the integrity of the meniscal root repair was confirmed at a 6-month follow-up arthroscopy for lysis of adhesions. In the second patient, follow-up MRI at 10 months demonstrated a healed meniscal root. The association of medial meniscal root tear with marginal fractures of the medial tibial plateau has not been previously reported.
In the acute setting, CT offers high sensitivity and specificity for depicting osseous avulsions, as well as high negative predictive value for excluding ligament injury. However, MRI remains necessary for the preoperative detection of meniscal injury.
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