Double meniscal ossicle – A rare finding

• Autor(a) principal: Flores, Luna Caroline Carolino
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Outros Autores: Tanaka , Guilherme, Duarte, Márcio Luís
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Research, Society and Development
• DOI: 10.33448/rsd-v11i7.29860
• Texto Completo: https://rsdjournal.org/index.php/rsd/article/view/29860
• topic: Meniscos; Lesões do Menisco Tibial; Ossificação Heterotópica; Imagem por Ressonância Magnética; Ensino.; Meniscus; Knee Injuries; Ossification, Heterotopic; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Teaching.; Meniscos; Lesiones de Menisco Tibial; Osificación Heterotópica; Imagen por Resonancia Magnética; Enseñanza.

The meniscal ossicle is considered a rare condition and its etiology are very controversial. Clinically, the ossicle may be associated with pain and a feeling of blockage in the movement of patients, but it is also described as asymptomatic and incidental during arthroscopy. When the presence of a bone structure within the knee joint is identified on plain radiographs, MRI can be used to differentiate between a meniscal ossicle and a loose body. The vast majority of ossicles, about 89% are located in the medial meniscus and 95% were located in the posterior horn or root of the meniscus.5 Thus, the present study aimed to describe the case of a 63-year-old woman with chronic pain diffuse in the right knee for 5 months with difficulty in carrying out his daily activities where a meniscal ossicle was identified in MRI in the coronal section in the T1 in A sequence and in the axial section in the DP SPIR sequences. Our objective is to report a case of double meniscal ossicle diagnosed by MRI.