Zheng ZR, Ma H, Yang F, Yuan L, Wang GD, Zhao XW, Ma LF. Discoid medial meniscus of both knees: A case report.
World J Clin Cases 2022;
10:9020-9027. [PMID:
36157663 PMCID:
PMC9477044 DOI:
10.12998/wjcc.v10.i25.9020]
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Abstract
BACKGROUND
Discoid meniscus is a congenital anomaly that typically affects the lateral meniscus. The appearance of the discoid medial meniscus in both knees is extremely rare, with an incidence of only 0.012%.
CASE SUMMARY
Our patient was a 30-year-old female. Under no obvious predisposing causes, she began to experience pain in both knees, which worsened while walking and squatting. The pain was aggravated after exercise, and joint flexion and extension activities were accompanied by knee snapping. Apley’s test was positive on physical examination, and there was a pressing pain in the medial articular space. Plain radiographs of both knees revealed no obvious abnormalities in the bilateral knee joint space. Partial meniscectomy as well as menisci reformation were performed on both knees under arthroscopy. Under the guidance of rehabilitation, the patient’s range of motion in both knees returned to normal without pain and knee snapping.
CONCLUSION
This study showed that the clinical manifestations of the discoid medial meniscus injury are identical to those of the conventional medial meniscus injury, and arthroscopic surgery is effective.
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