title: Bilateral meniscal cysts of medial menisci occurring in a career soldier.
abstract: A young male career soldier presented with bilateral meniscal cysts of the medial menisci combined with a meniscal tear. This was confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging and was treated by arthroscopic procedures. An arthroscopic examination showed mucous fluid to be leaking from a torn portion of his left knee; however, no similar leaking was observed in his right knee. These arthroscopic results thus will support an etiology in which meniscal cysts occur as a result of an extrusion of synovial fluid through meniscal tears.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan. kanamiya@cis.fukuoka-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kanamiya
authors.forename: Masatoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: Michiya
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Keihan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
authors.forename: Yuichiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Morishita
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy / Q000379:methods*; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D003560:Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D019299:Decompression, Surgical / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000601:surgery*; D008889:Military Personnel