Meniscal cysts causing bone erosion: retrospective analysis of seven cases.
Meniscal cysts of the knee are common and well evaluated by magnetic resonance (MR) imaging, a method that also reveals the frequently associated meniscal tear. Diagnosis of meniscal cysts with routine radiography is difficult, although bone erosions are reported as a very rare manifestation of such cysts. Our retrospective study describes seven patients in whom meniscal cysts were associated with adjacent erosion of bone.
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Department of Radiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
Schweitzer
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Resnick
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D000328:Adult; D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D013977:Tibia / Q000473:pathology