Notch Your Average Sign
Author: Michelle Do, MD
Peer-Reviewer: Peter Mitchell Martin, DO, CAQ-SM, RMSK
Final Editor: Alex Tomesch, MD, CAQ-SM
A 37-year-old female presented to the ED for left knee swelling and pain after a ground level mechanical fall with possible twisting injury. Patient states she was pushed to the ground and struck her left knee on the concrete, feeling immediate pain and swelling.
Image 1. Plain radiograph in lateral view of left knee. Author’s own images.
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