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Can a mri scan determine wether a snapped acl happened five weeks before the scan or two years before?
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Most Likely Yes: A very old ACL tear can certainly be differentiated from a recent tear by MRI. 5 week old tear is subacute but I believe the differential could be made.
Answered 1/26/2020
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Yes and no: The MRI can likely determine whether the tear is acute or chronic/old. However, it cannot determine the exact age of the chronic tear....2 years or 10 years might look the same.
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