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The quadruple cruciate sign of simultaneous bicompartmental medial and lateral bucket-handle meniscal tears

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We report the second known case of bicompartmental bucket-handle tears of the medial and lateral menisci and the first documented case of the bucket-handle tears occurring simultaneously following trauma, which occurred after a motorcycle accident. Both bucket-handle fragments were displaced into the intercondylar notch. An anterior cruciate ligament tear was also present. Coronal images demonstrated four structures in the intercondylar notch: the anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments and the medial and lateral bucket-handle meniscal fragments.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Miami School of Medicine/Jackson Memorial Hospital, 1611 NW 12 Ave, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

    Alejandro N. Bugnone

  2. Neuroskeletal Imaging, 255 Skyes Creek Rd, Merritt Island, FL, USA

    R. R. Ramnath

  3. The Orthopedic Center, Huntsville, Alabama, USA

    S. B. Davis

  4. Space Coast Orthopedics, Merritt Island, FL, USA

    R. Sedaros

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    Alejandro N. Bugnone

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Bugnone, A.N., Ramnath, R.R., Davis, S.B. et al. The quadruple cruciate sign of simultaneous bicompartmental medial and lateral bucket-handle meniscal tears. Skeletal Radiol 34, 740–744 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-005-0915-x

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