Reverse Segond Fracture Radiology. Reverse segond fracture is one of these fractures and it should alert the physicians for further diagnostic imaging and proper care for the patient. These images are a random sampling from a bing search on the term reverse segond fracture click on the image or right click to open the source website in a new browser window.
Reverse segond fracture as its name suggests is caused by abnormal valgus stress and external rotation. The mean age of the reported cases was 26 5 years range 17 52. Reverse segond fracture is one of these fractures and it should alert the physicians for further diagnostic imaging and proper care for the patient.
Most commonly associated with valgus stress and external rotation of the knee opposite of segond fracture which involves the avulsion fragment of the lateral proximal tibia following knee varus stress.
Avulsion of the medial proximal tibial articular surface reverse segond fracture suggests disruption of the medial collateral ligament. Reverse segond fracture is one of the avulsion fracture of the knee which is due to avulsion of the deep fibers of the medial collateral ligament also known as the menisciotibial or coronary ligament involving the medial proximal tibia adjacent to the articular surface. The segond fracture is an avulsion of the lateral capsular ligament which manifests as an elliptic bony fragment off the lateral proximal tibia that has a high association with tear of the anterior cruciate ligament 1 2 3 we describe three cases of a similar fragment on the opposite medial aspect of the proximal tibia representing an avulsion of the deep capsular component of the medial. Reverse segond fracture almost always result from high energy trauma to the knee and usually affect young adults.