Giant anterior cruciate ligament lesion with destruction: operative management

Year 2020, , 257 - 259, 04.05.2020

Levent Bayam , Alauddin Kochai , Ahmet Can Erdem , Fatma Bayam Mehmet Erdem

https://doi.org/10.18621/eurj.477636

Abstract

We present a case report of an unusual giant lesion
of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) causing destruction and requiring
reconstruction of ACL. A case report of a 32-year-old male patient presented to
orthopedics outpatient clinic with 2 years history of right knee instability
and clicking symptoms with no history of an obvious injury. Magneric resonance
imaging showed a giant lesion occupying all ACL structure in the knee with 30×15×15
mm dimensions. The patient had an arthroscopy and it showed destruction of ACL,
which required ACL reconstruction in the same sitting. Biopsy results showed a
chronic non-specific inflammatory synovial epithelial tissue with increased
vascularity and thickened wall vessels. 

Keywords

ACL reconstruction, ACL ganglion, Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) lesion

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