Title

Avulsion fractures of the knee: a review of the pathophysiology, radiographic, and cross-sectional imaging features

Authors

Ryan Beckett, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Phong Le, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Matthew Rheinboldt, Henry Ford HealthFollow
Andrew Petraszko

Recommended Citation

Beckett R, Le P, Rheinboldt M, and Petraszko A. Avulsion Fractures of the Knee: A Review of the Pathophysiology, Radiographic, and Cross-Sectional Imaging Features. Emerg Radiol 2019.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

8-13-2019

Publication Title

Emergency radiology

Abstract

Knee trauma is a common presenting symptom in the emergency setting. Avulsive knee injuries are important to diagnose timely and accurately to avoid unnecessary patient morbidity. Many of these avulsive knee injuries have characteristic appearances on imaging. This article presents a comprehensive review of some of the most common types with real cases used for imaging correlation.

PubMed ID

31410608

ePublication

ePub ahead of print