Medical Imaging      Musculoskeletal
 

Dislocation (Knee)

  
Complete dislocation of the knee. This patient suffered severe trauma in a motor vehicle accident.
The PA (left) and later (right) projections show complete dislocation of the knee with overriding and shortening.
The tibia and fibula together are anterior to the femur. The patella has retained its attachment to the tibia.
There is a small fracture from the posterior surface of the patella.
 
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