Volume 15, Number 11, 1343-1345, DOI: 10.1007/s00167-007-0327-7

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Posterior double PCL sign: a case report of unusual MRI finding of bucket-handle tear of medial meniscus

Jae Ho Yoo, Sung Ho Hahn, Seung Rim Yi and Seong Wan Kim

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Abstract

Among the MRI signs of bucket-handle tears of medial meniscus, double posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) sign denotes a low signal band anterior and parallel to the PCL, which looks like another PCL in MR images. If the bucket-handle fragment subsequently tears at the anterior horn, the torn meniscal substance can be displaced to the posterosuperior region of the PCL, and looks like another PCL behind the original PCL. We propose the lesion be called the “posterior double PCL sign” in contrast to the ordinary double PCL sign. We present a case showing the posterior double PCL sign.

Keywords  Double PCL sign - Bucket-handle tear - Medial meniscus

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