Meniscal tears can be either traumatic or degenerative in nature. Meniscal tears are uncommon in persons under 10 years of age, but become increasingly common during and after adolescence.

A MRI scan confirmed the diagnosis of a tear in the medial meniscus, as seen in fig 1. The patient underwent an arthroscopy at which a displaced parrot beak tear of posterior horn of medial meniscus ...

Results 261 knees were studied in 159 individuals. Medial meniscal body tear was associated with cartilage loss in external subregions and in central and anterior tibial subregions, and posterior horn ...

A MRI scan confirmed the diagnosis of a tear in the medial meniscus, as seen in fig 1. The patient underwent an arthroscopy at which a displaced parrot beak tear of posterior horn of medial meniscus ...