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Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1972;54:1288-1292.
© 1972 by The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, Inc

Ossicles in the Knee Menisci

REPORT OF THREE CASES

PANAGIOTIS P. SYMEONIDES M.D.1 and GEORGE IOANNIDES M.D.1

1 From the Department of Orthopedics, Greek Air Force Hospital, Athens, and the Department of Pathology, St. Francis Hospital, Miami Beach

A review of the literature and experience with three cases demonstrates that, rarely, a painful knee in a young person may be due to the presence of an ossicle in a meniscus. Roentgenographically, the ossicle may be misinterpreted as a loose body. Awareness, however, of the possibility that there is a bone in a meniscus may avert a fruitless search for the loose body. Excision of the affected, but externally intact, semilunar cartilage uniformly results in relief of symptoms from the knee.


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