MRI of the posterolateral corner of the knee: Normal appearance and patterns of injury

Seminars in Musculoskeletal Radiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 220-228

  Malone, William J ^a   Koulouris, George ^b  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arcuate complex; Lateral (fibular) collateral ligament injury; Popliteofibular ligament injury; Popliteus tendon injury; Posterolateral corner

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BIOMECHANICS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; EDEMA; FEMUR; FIBULA; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HUMAN; KNEE CRUCIATE LIGAMENT; KNEE FUNCTION; KNEE INJURY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT SURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHYSIOLOGY; POSTEROLATERAL CORNER INJURY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RADIOLOGIST; ROTATION; TENDON; TIBIA;

BIOMECHANICS; HUMANS; KNEE; KNEE INJURIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33845987373     PISSN: 10897860     EISSN: 1098898X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2006-957175     Document Type: Article

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