Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and Suture

Discoid meniscus is an anatomical congenital anomaly more often found in the lateral meniscus. A discoid medial meniscus is a very rare anomaly, and even more rare is to diagnose a bilateral discoid medial meniscus although the real prevalence of this situation is unknown because not all the discoid...

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Main Authors: Enrique Sevillano-Perez, Alejandro Espejo-Reina, María Josefa Espejo-Reina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8487194
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María Josefa Espejo-Reina
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description Discoid meniscus is an anatomical congenital anomaly more often found in the lateral meniscus. A discoid medial meniscus is a very rare anomaly, and even more rare is to diagnose a bilateral discoid medial meniscus although the real prevalence of this situation is unknown because not all the discoid medial menisci are symptomatic and if the contralateral knee is not symptomatic then it is not usually studied. The standard treatment of this kind of pathology is partial meniscectomy. Currently the tendency is to be very conservative so suture and saucerization of a torn discoid meniscus when possible are gaining support. We present the case of a 13-year-old patient who was diagnosed with symptomatic torn bilateral discoid medial meniscus treated by suturing the tear and saucerization. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case reported of bilateral torn discoid medial meniscus treated in this manner in the same patient.
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spelling doaj-art-5be7f7666e57463e83e088e49dba91172025-08-20T03:26:25ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572016-01-01201610.1155/2016/84871948487194Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and SutureEnrique Sevillano-Perez0Alejandro Espejo-Reina1María Josefa Espejo-Reina2Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Regional University Hospital of Málaga, 29010 Málaga, SpainHospital Vithas Parque San Antonio, 29016 Málaga, SpainHospital Vithas Parque San Antonio, 29016 Málaga, SpainDiscoid meniscus is an anatomical congenital anomaly more often found in the lateral meniscus. A discoid medial meniscus is a very rare anomaly, and even more rare is to diagnose a bilateral discoid medial meniscus although the real prevalence of this situation is unknown because not all the discoid medial menisci are symptomatic and if the contralateral knee is not symptomatic then it is not usually studied. The standard treatment of this kind of pathology is partial meniscectomy. Currently the tendency is to be very conservative so suture and saucerization of a torn discoid meniscus when possible are gaining support. We present the case of a 13-year-old patient who was diagnosed with symptomatic torn bilateral discoid medial meniscus treated by suturing the tear and saucerization. To the best of our knowledge this is the first case reported of bilateral torn discoid medial meniscus treated in this manner in the same patient.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8487194
spellingShingle Enrique Sevillano-Perez
Alejandro Espejo-Reina
María Josefa Espejo-Reina
Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and Suture
Case Reports in Orthopedics
title Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and Suture
title_full Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and Suture
title_fullStr Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and Suture
title_full_unstemmed Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and Suture
title_short Symptomatic Bilateral Torn Discoid Medial Meniscus Treated with Saucerization and Suture
title_sort symptomatic bilateral torn discoid medial meniscus treated with saucerization and suture
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8487194
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