Communication between the proximal tibiofibular joint and knee via the subpopliteal recess: MR arthrography with histologic correlation and stratigraphic dissection

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 191, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Dirim, Berna ^a,b   Wangwinyuvirat, Mani ^a   Frank, Andreas ^c   Cink, Vaclav ^c   Pretterklieber, Michael Leopold ^c   Pastore, Daniel ^a   Resnick, Donald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Atatürk State Teaching Hospital   (Turkey)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Emergency medicine; Knee; MR arthrography; Sports medicine; Subpopliteal recess; Tibiofibular joint; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KNEE; KNEE ARTHROGRAPHY; KNEE INSTABILITY; KNEE LIGAMENT; LIGAMENT INJURY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ARTHROGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTERIOR FIBULAR LIGAMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROXIMAL TIBIOFIBULAR JOINT; SUBPOPLITEAL RECESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISSECTION; FEMALE; FIBULA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; KNEE JOINT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIBIA;

EID: 49149093112     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.07.3406     Document Type: Article

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