title: [Magnetic resonance tomographic diagnosis of periarticular cystic space-occupying lesions in the knee joint].
abstract: The MR images of the knee joint of 100 successively examined patients were evaluated in retrospect with regard to periarticular cystic lesions. There were 18 popliteal cysts, 8 meniscal cysts and 4 ganglion cysts. Localisation and internal structure of the lesions were of main importance in respect of differential diagnosis. All meniscal cysts were associated with horizontal meniscal tears. Spin-echo and 3D gradient-echo images did not enable differentiation because of signal intensity values. A spin-echo sequence with long repetition time in double-echo technique was best suited to assess the periarticular cystic lesions as well as the intraarticular pathological changes which were often concomitant.
authors: Institut für Diagnostische Radiologie, Kantonsspital Basel.
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authors: C
authors: Gückel
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authors: Kaim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011151:Popliteal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: Magnetresonanztomographische Diagnostik periartikulärer, zystischer Raumforderungen am Kniegelenk.