MRI Help

[meridianboy00]

Please help me understand what this MRI report is saying, and  what may be my options.


Procedure: MRI Left Knee

History: Previous injury to the knee with surgery in May repairing a cartilage defect along the lateral tibial plateau. New swelling and pain.

Technique: The examination is preformed on the open .3 tesla magnet with sagittal, axial and coronal sequences obtained.

Findings: There is no significant increase in  joint fluid. The quadriceps tendon and patellar tendon are intact. The anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments are intact. The medal and lateral collateral ligament are intact. There continues to be signal in the femoral attachment of the medial collateral ligament consistent with previous injury.

There is some degeneration involving the lateral meniscus but no  discrete tear is identified. The medial meniscus is intact. The bone marrow signal is normal. There is no abnormal signal in the lateral tibial plateau and no thinning of the cartilage can be identified.

Impression: Thickening  and internal signal in the medial collateral ligament consistent with previous sprain/scarring. Mild degeneration involving the lateral meniscus without a discrete tear identified.

[meridianboy00]

This has been going on sense Jan of this year. I've had one surgery to clean some of that stuff up. That was 3 months ago. It still hurts as bad as it did from day one. Will i need to have another surgery to clean that joint up more or what are some other options for me

[Michael L Gross, MD]

Sounds like  some mild wear and tear, and a healed sprain of the medial collateral ligament (MCL)