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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2023; 58(05): e826-e830
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722593
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An Unusual Cause of Posterior Knee Pain: Mucoid Degeneration of the Anterior Cruciate Ligament – Case Report

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Fabiano da Silva Marques 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia, Instituto Wilson Mello, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
4   Grupo de Cirurgia do Joelho, Hospital da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
,
Pedro Bezzan Rodrigues Alves 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia, Instituto Wilson Mello, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
4   Grupo de Cirurgia do Joelho, Hospital da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
,
Sandro Zelada 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia, Instituto Wilson Mello, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
4   Grupo de Cirurgia do Joelho, Hospital da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
,
Rodrigo Pereira da Silva Nunes 
2   Departamento de Ortopedia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
3   Clínica Nunes de Ortopedia e Traumatologia (CNOT), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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Wilson Mello Alves 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia, Instituto Wilson Mello, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
4   Grupo de Cirurgia do Joelho, Hospital da Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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Gustavo Constantino de Campos 
1   Departamento de Ortopedia, Instituto Wilson Mello, Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
5   Departamento de Ortopedia, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (Unicamp), Campinas, São Paulo, Brasil
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Abstract

Mucoid degeneration of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is an uncommon cause of pain in the posterior region of the knee, of unknown pathophysiology and underdiagnosed. The best treatment modality is still under discussion. Resection of the lesion with partial ACL debridement has shown good results without the occurrence of instability. The authors present a case of mucoid degeneration of the ACL treated with resection of the mucoid degeneration and partial debridement of the ACL by arthroscopy.

Keywords

anterior cruciate ligament - arthroscopy - knee joint

Work developed in the Orthopedics Departments of UNICAMP and of Instituto Wilson Mello, Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 18 July 2020

Accepted: 16 September 2020

Article published online:
31 March 2021

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