MRI evaluation of the peripheral attachments of the lateral meniscal body: the menisco-tibio-popliteus-fibular complex.

Purpose: To determine, identify and measure the structures of the menisco-tibio-popliteus-fibular complex (MTPFC) with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in knees without structural abnormalities or a history of knee surgery.

Methods: One-hundred-and-five knees without prior injury or antecedent surgery were analyzed by means of MRI. The average age was 50.

[Periventricular leukomalacia prevalence in premature newborn].

Background: the periventricular leukomalacia (PLM) is considered a lesion of the central nervous system secondary to a hypoxic-ischemic insult, and affects more to premature than term neonates. However, the reported rates in the literature are between 2 % to 25 % in premature neonates. The objective was to determine the prevalence of PLM in premature neonates.