Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Page 402 , March 2009

Adolescent Girl With Knee Pain

  • Image Result

    Anteroposterior radiograph of the right knee of an adolescent athlete, revealing closed physes and a subcortical lucency at the articular surface of the medial femoral condyle (arrow).

    Anteroposterior radiograph of the right knee of an adolescent athlete, revealing closed physes and a subcortical lucency at the articular surface of the medial femoral condyle (arrow).

  • Image Result

    Coronal T1-weighted MRI image reveals a very large osteochondral (ie, involving both cartilage and bone) defect of the medial femoral condyle (arrow). Used with permission of Daniel J. Pallin, MD, MPH

    Coronal T1-weighted MRI image reveals a very large osteochondral (ie, involving both cartilage and bone) defect of the medial femoral condyle (arrow). Used with permission of Daniel J. Pallin, MD, MPH, Division of Emergency Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston, and Department of Emergency Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

 For the diagnosis and teaching points, see page 409.

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PII: S0196-0644(08)01390-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2008.06.457

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 53, Issue 3 , Page 402 , March 2009