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Accordingly, this is the first report to describe the case of a patient undergoing detailed evaluation via MRI and arthroscopy. Case Presentation: A 13-year-old male adolescent athlete jumped while playing basketball, experienced discomfort and pain at the front of his knee, and fell down. He was transported to the emergency room by ambulance after he was unable to walk. The radiographic examination revealed a Type \u2164 tibial tubercle avulsion fracture that was displaced. In addition, an MRI scan revealed a fracture line extending to the attachment of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL); moreover, high MRI intensity and swelling due to ACL were observed, suggesting an ACL injury. On day 4 of the injury, open reduction and internal fixation were performed. Furthermore, 4 months after surgery, bone fusion was confirmed, and metal removal was performed. Simultaneously, an MRI scan obtained at the time of injury revealed findings suggestive of ACL injury; therefore, an arthroscopy was performed. Notably, no parenchymal ACL injury was observed, and the meniscus was intact. The patient returned to sports 6 months postoperatively. Conclusion: Type V tibial tubercle avulsion fractures are known to be extremely rare. Based on our report, we suggest that MRI should be performed without hesitation if intra-articular injury is suspected.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina59061061","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,1]],"date-time":"2023-06-01T01:40:56Z","timestamp":1685583656000},"page":"1061","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Type V Tibial Tubercle Avulsion Fracture with Suspected Complication of Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury: A Case Report"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"59","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-7702-0320","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hiroki","family":"Okamura","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon Koukan Hospital, 1-2-1 Koukandori, Kawasaki 210-0852, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Hiroki","family":"Ishikawa","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon Koukan Hospital, 1-2-1 Koukandori, Kawasaki 210-0852, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Takuya","family":"Ohno","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon Koukan Hospital, 1-2-1 Koukandori, Kawasaki 210-0852, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Shogo","family":"Fujita","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon Koukan Hospital, 1-2-1 Koukandori, Kawasaki 210-0852, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Kei","family":"Nagasaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Nihon Koukan Hospital, 1-2-1 Koukandori, Kawasaki 210-0852, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Katsunori","family":"Inagaki","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yoshifumi","family":"Kudo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Showa University School of Medicine, 1-5-8 Hatanodai, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo 142-8666, Japan"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,6,1]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"186","DOI":"10.1097\/01241398-198603000-00013","article-title":"Tibial tubercle avulsions","volume":"6","author":"Bolesta","year":"1986","journal-title":"J. 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