Season 7 Case 20

msk Jan 11, 2019

History: MVA, trauma.  

Yeah, yeah, femur fracture. Is that it? What is the name for this finding?


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Answer: Arcuate Sign of the Knee

Avulsive fracture of the fibular head due to avulsion of the arcuate (or posterolateral) liagamentous complex. This is almost always associated with injury to the ACL so get the MRI!

reference: https://radiopaedia.org/articles/arcuate-sign-knee?lang=us

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