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.
Department of Radiology, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Diego, CA 92161, USA.
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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