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Meniscal lesion
Besides the bucket handele meniscal lesion, there exist other more frequent types of meniscal lesion : when the first attacks occur after the age of 30, another type of meniscal lesion is suspected (posterior or horizontal). The symptoms are the result of too much loading on a degenerated disc and are often less acute and treatment is not always necessary.
Mescial lesion without displacement
The patient describes intermittent posterior pain on extension (or coming from flexion towards extension) ; there is also an intermittent feeling of giving way and twinges. Complementary tests may be useful.
Over the age of 50, asymptomatic damage is found in 60% of the cases ; under the age of 50, this is reduced to 19%. As long as the peripheral fibres are intact, the biomechanical function won't be disturbed.
Remark : a congenital discoid lateral menisc lesion is also possible (occurs in 7% of the population). In this case, the menisc has no connection with the posterior capsule and the patient (child) describes a painful snapping feeling in the knee during a flexion-extension movement.
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