Pericruciate meniscal cysts arising from tears of the posterior horn of the medial meniscus: MR imaging features that simulate posterior cruciate ganglion cysts

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 172, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1575-1579

  Lektrakul, Nittaya ^a   Skaf, Abdalla ^a,b   Yeh, LeeRen ^a   Roger, Bernard ^b   Schweitzer, Mark ^c   Blasbalg, Roberto ^c   Resnick, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYST; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT EFFUSION; KNEE LIGAMENT; KNEE MENISCUS RUPTURE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

EID: 0033049449     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/ajr.172.6.10350292     Document Type: Article

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