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Table 3 Meniscal lesions found by magnetic resonance (MR) examination and during surgery

From: Diagnostic accuracy of a short-duration 3 Tesla magnetic resonance protocol for diagnosing stifle joint lesions in dogs with non-traumatic cranial cruciate ligament rupture

 

Lateral meniscus

 

Medial meniscus

MR findings*

Surgical findings

MR findings*

Surgical findings

Patient

 

Rupture

Patient

 

Rupture

1

H

No

1

R

Yes

2

H

No

2

R

Yes

3

0

No

3

R

Yes

4

0

No

4

R

Yes

5

H

No

5

0

Yes

6

0

No

6

R

Yes

7

R

Yes

7

R

Yes

8

0

No

8

0

No

9

0

No

9

R

Yes

10

0

No

10

R

Yes

11

0

No

11

R

Yes

12

0

No

12

R

Yes

13

0

No

13

0

No

14

0

No

14

R

Yes

15

0

No

15

R

Yes

16

H

No

16

0

No

17

H

No

17

R

Yes

18

0

No

18

R

Yes

19

0

No

19

R

Yes

20

0

No

20

R

Yes

21

H

No

21

R

Yes

  1. * Adapted from Martig et al. 2006; H = Hyperintensity (area[s] of intrameniscal increase of signal intensity that do not reach any surface); R = Rupture (a linear increase in intrameniscal signal intensity that penetrates the meniscal surface, complex signal changes or meniscal distortion); 0 = Low and homogeneous signal intensity.