Takaki Sanada1, Shuji Taketomi2, Hiroshi Inui2, Ryota Yamagami2, Sakae Tanaka2. 1. Department of Sports Orthopedic Surgery, Kanto Rosai Hospital, Kawasaki, Japan. 2. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
CASE: A 21-year-old college soccer player suffered from knee joint pain, but neither preoperative clinical examination nor magnetic resonance imaging could detect a precise diagnosis. Arthroscopy showed that medial meniscus hypermobility led to impingement of the femorotibial joint surface. After inside-to-outside meniscus suture, the abnormal hypermobility could no longer be observed. The player returned to sports without any previously experienced symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: We present a case report of the hypermobile medial meniscus without substantial tear treated by meniscal suture. A careful arthroscopy inspection was the key element of the diagnosis and subsequent successful surgical treatment.
CASE: A 21-year-old college soccer player suffered from knee joint pain, but neither preoperative clinical examination nor magnetic resonance imaging could detect a precise diagnosis. Arthroscopy showed that medial meniscus hypermobility led to impingement of the femorotibial joint surface. After inside-to-outside meniscus suture, the abnormal hypermobility could no longer be observed. The player returned to sports without any previously experienced symptoms. CONCLUSIONS: We present a case report of the hypermobile medial meniscus without substantial tear treated by meniscal suture. A careful arthroscopy inspection was the key element of the diagnosis and subsequent successful surgical treatment.