What to notice
- Tear morphology may be longitudinal, radial, horizontal, complex or displaced.
- Mechanical symptoms and functional limitation matter alongside imaging.
- Degenerative meniscal findings are common and may be incidental.
Teaching visual for common meniscal tear morphology without implying that MRI appearance alone dictates treatment.
Teaching visual for common meniscal tear morphology without implying that MRI appearance alone dictates treatment.
Detailed viewThe visual should be interpreted with the accompanying clinical context. PNA avoids using a single image or special test as stand-alone proof of a diagnosis.