Title: Reverse Segond Fracture<br/>Author: Michael Bond<br/><a href='http://umem.org/profiles/faculty/78/'>[Click to email author]</a><hr/><p style="margin: 0px 0px 7px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">
<u><strong>The Reverse Segond Fracture</strong></u></p>
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Most people have heard of a segond fracture (avulsion fracture of the lateral tibeal platuea) seen on knee xrays which is a marker for Anterior Cruciate Ligament and medial meniscus injuries. See Pearl https://umem.org/educational_pearls/1015/ <strong> </strong></p>
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However, there is also a <strong>Reverse Segond Fracture</strong> that is another benign appearing avulsion fracture of the <strong>medial </strong>tibeal plateau that is marker for significant injury to the Posterior Cruciate Ligament (PCL). </p>
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If a Segond or Reverse Segond Fracture is seen consider immobilzing the patients knee until they can follow up with Orthopedics and/or get an MRI to determine if additional injuries are present.</p>