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Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL)

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The ACL extends from the posterior part of the medial aspect of the femoral condyle to the anteromedial tibial plateau. The normal sagittal angle between ACL and the tibial plateau depends on patient’s age and gender. The mean sagittal angle between ACL and the tibial plateau in adults is between 54° and 55.5° with a cutoff angle smaller than 45° suggestive of an ACL tear in adults [1, 2].

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  1. Phoenix Diagnostic Clinic, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Nicolae V. Bolog MD, PhD, MS

  2. Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

    Gustav Andreisek MD, MBA & Erika J. Ulbrich MD

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Bolog, N.V., Andreisek, G., Ulbrich, E.J., Roth, R. (2015). Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL). In: MRI of the Knee. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-08165-6_1

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