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Axial T2-weighted image with fat saturation showing small region of muscle fibre disruption (arrows) reflecting grade 2 injury, involving aponeurosis of long head of biceps femoris.
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Clinically and radiologically he presented with a grade 2 biceps femoris musculotendinous junction strain (figure 1).
Axial T2-weighted image with fat saturation showing interfascicular oedema (arrows) centrally reflecting grade 1 injury, in the long head of biceps femoris.
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Clinically, he presented with a grade 1 hamstring injury that was confirmed on MRI (figure 2) to be more medial, towards the epimysium and not continuous with the scar tissue from the initial injury.
Axial T2-weighted image with fat saturation showing small region of muscle fibre disruption (arrows) reflecting grade 2 injury, involving the long head of biceps femoris with myofascial oedema.
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Subsequent MRI was reported as a small grade 2 injury (figure 3).
Axial T2-weighted image showing interfascicular and myofascial oedema (arrows) reflecting grade 1 injury, involving the long and short heads of biceps femoris.
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Clinically, he presented with a grade 2 strain but MRI showed only a small myofascial tear (figure 4).