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Tears of the anterior cruciate ligament and menisci of the knee: MR imaging evaluation. 1988

J H Mink, and T Levy, and J V Crues
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048.

In 242 of 3,000 patients who underwent magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of the knee between September 1986 and August 1987, original MR imaging reports were compared with subsequent arthroscopic reports to determine the value of MR imaging in the evaluation of suspected meniscal and complete tears of the anterior cruciate ligament. The overall accuracy for the menisci was 93% (sensitivity, 95%; specificity, 91%) with a false-negative rate of 4.8%. For the anterior cruciate ligament the overall accuracy was 95%. T2-weighted sequences were associated with greater sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy than were T1 sequences; the false-negative rate was 0% in the T2-weighted group. MR imaging of the knee is an extremely accurate means for noninvasive assessment of the integrity of the menisci and anterior cruciate ligament, and the accuracy exceeds that usually reported for arthrography.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007718 Knee Injuries Injuries to the knee or the knee joint. Injuries, Knee,Injury, Knee,Knee Injury
D008023 Ligaments, Articular Fibrous cords of CONNECTIVE TISSUE that attach bones to each other and hold together the many types of joints in the body. Articular ligaments are strong, elastic, and allow movement in only specific directions, depending on the individual joint. Articular Ligament,Articular Ligaments,Ligament, Articular
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008592 Menisci, Tibial The interarticular fibrocartilages of the superior surface of the tibia. Lateral Menisci,Medial Menisci,Menisci, Lateral,Menisci, Medial,Semilunar Cartilages,Tibial Menisci,Meniscus, Medial,Meniscus, Tibial,Tibial Meniscus,Cartilage, Semilunar,Cartilages, Semilunar,Lateral Meniscus,Medial Meniscus,Meniscus, Lateral,Semilunar Cartilage
D005188 False Negative Reactions Negative test results in subjects who possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of diseased persons as healthy when screening in the detection of disease. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) False Negative Reaction,Reaction, False Negative,Reactions, False Negative
D005189 False Positive Reactions Positive test results in subjects who do not possess the attribute for which the test is conducted. The labeling of healthy persons as diseased when screening in the detection of disease. (Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 2d ed) False Positive Reaction,Positive Reaction, False,Positive Reactions, False,Reaction, False Positive,Reactions, False Positive
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000070600 Tibial Meniscus Injuries Injuries to the TIBIAL MENISCUS of the leg. Bucket Handle Tears,Flap Tears,Tibial Meniscus Tears,Torn Tibial Meniscus,Bucket Handle Tear,Flap Tear,Injuries, Tibial Meniscus,Injury, Tibial Meniscus,Meniscus Injuries, Tibial,Meniscus Injury, Tibial,Meniscus Tear, Tibial,Meniscus Tears, Tibial,Meniscus, Torn Tibial,Tear, Tibial Meniscus,Tears, Flap,Tears, Tibial Meniscus,Tibial Meniscus Injury,Tibial Meniscus Tear,Tibial Meniscus, Torn

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