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Trauma to the Knee1

A twenty-three-year-old man is descending stairs rapidly when he feels his knee "give way" just before he falls. He notes a rapid onset of knee swelling that continues during the next three hours. Anteroposterior and lateral radiographs of the knee demonstrate an effusion but no bone injury.

What imaging test would you order next?


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