The images above show a posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) injury. Image A shows discontinuity of the posterior tibial plateau secondary to a distal PCL avulsion in a football player. Image B is the corresponding sagittal T1 image of the same patient demonstrating a bony avulsion (arrowhead) of the distal PCL footprint.
Reproduced with permission from: Chew NS, Robinson P, Harris Jr. JH. Knee. In: Harris & Harris' The Radiology of Emergency Medicine, 5th Ed, Pope TL, Harris Jr. JH (Eds), Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia 2013. Copyright © 2013 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.
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