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Ongoing Knee issues - MRI result help wanted

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therasa1986
therasa1986

I have had issues with my knees for as long as I can remember. I'm now 33, and have dislocated both knees multiple times and had arthroscopic surgery on both in the past.

Recently I had major swelling in my right knee (don't remember doing anything out of the ordinary) and subsequent ultrasound and MRI a week later I got the results yesterday. I have NO idea how long the wait will be to see a specialist in the public system (I'm in Australia) so I'm hoping someone can shed some light on my result?

  1. Abnormal Signal/Contour of the anterior horn/body of the lateral meniscus with extension to the femoral surface in keeping with tear.

  2. Retro patellar chondral degeneration with morphological features suggesting predisposition to patellar subluxation.

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  • denise19240
    denise19240 therasa1986

    Posted

    well it kinda sounds like you might have a torn meniscus and some arthritis?? I would get an exact finding from your doctor.

    Good luck to you!

  • linda24795
    linda24795 therasa1986

    Posted

    Hi there. I too have had issues with my right knee for many many years now but I am in my 60's not as young as you. Over the years my knee has swollen to massive size after doing nothing at all to prompt the swelling. It is then very painful, and I can hardly walk for many days. Anyway I had a recent MRI and was told I had torn meniscus and bleeding into the joint which causes the sudden swelling. I was due to have athroscopic surgery only last Wednesday but I was almost in theatre when the procedure was cancelled due to an emergency. I now have to wait for another appointment. What the surgeon is going to do is flush out the joint and cut away some of the tissue to ease the problem. Whether this would help you or maybe you have already had this done. Hope you get your problem solved though not nice for you at such a young age. Good Luck x

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