[1] Perhaps the earliest account of the ALL was written by French surgeon Paul Segond in 1879, in which he described a ligamentous structure between the lateral femur and tibia.
[2][3] Claes and Bellemans (2013) found that the ALL originates at the lateral epicondyle of the femur, and inserts at the anterolateral aspect of the proximal tibia.
[1] However, the anterior cruciate ligament is the most important contributor to rotatory knee stability.
The "pivot shift" phenomenon in anterior cruciate ligament injury patients may be ascribed to additional trauma to the ALL[1] or other structures in the anterolateral knee.
The ALL can be visualised in most patients on MRI with its attachments to the lateral meniscus body and further tibial insertion on the coronal sequences.