What Does A Torn Acl Look Like On An Mri

The knee s four main ligaments tether the tibia shin bone to the femur thigh bone.

Could this be a possible acl tear. About 70 of people with an acl injury have a bone bruise. View entire discussion 11 comments more posts from the acl community. Google what a acl tear looks like on a mri then zoom in on your own mri and you ll be able to tell.

My boyfriend was in a motorcycle accident recently and is still recovering in a coma like state still not talking. I m worried he may have a torn acl in his right leg since he had a compound fracture of both lower limbs. Media sources report kevin faulk of the new england patriots may have suffered a torn acl. That is a tear in the anterior cruciate ligament acl.

This is particularly important for our topic at hand because the difference between an acl sprain and an acl tear is the extent to which the ligament has been injured. On my mri there is a little black band that looks like my acl then it just stops and is white and blurred then pick up again at the top. These ligaments meet at the knee. Acl injuries most commonly occur during sports that involve sudden stops or changes in direction jumping and landing such as soccer basketball football and downhill skiing.

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Posted by 5 days ago. I came across your article on torn acls when i was trying to find out if you can tell if you have a torn acl with out an mri. Bone bruising is usually present with an acl tear on the anterior aspect of the lateral femoral condyle and the posterior aspect of the lateral tibial plateau. Starting with a sagittal view of the lateral aspect of the knee we move more medial the first thing we see is bone bruising.

I was skiing and felt a pop and bad pain. An mri is able to provide a picture of the acl and is extremely useful in determining if the acl has sustained an injury and if so to what extent.