Popliteal Cyst

Known as: baker's cysts, Popliteal Cysts, Cysts, Baker

A SYNOVIAL CYST located in the back of the knee, in the popliteal space arising from the semimembranous bursa or the knee joint.

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1997

Popliteal cysts are soft fluid-filled lesions of synovial origin which result from extrusion of joint fluid into the…

1982

Grey-scale ultrasonography will detect reliably the presence of clinically significant popliteal cysts, fluid collections which…

1981

One hundred consecutive patients who had trauma to the knee were examined by sonography and double-contrast arthrography to…

1975

A patient with sarcoidosis, multiple tattoo granulomata and arthritis is described. A combination of tattoo granulomata unrelated…

1974

Previous studies have shown that the insoluble glucan from the walls of baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) is heterogeneous…

1974

Patients with articular disease may have presumptive signs and symptoms of thrombophlebitis caused by dissection or rupture of a…

1973

Popliteal and, to a lesser extent, calf cysts are a common manifestation in patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. They…

1973

1. Anterior synovectomy was undertaken in sixteen knees of fourteen patients with rheumatoid arthritis associated with popliteal…

1970

Abstract A radiological differentiation was made between synovial rupture, giant cyst, and thrombophlebitis of the leg in 17…

1954

1. The usual popliteal cyst is a distended semimembranosus bursa, frequently communicating with the joint through a posterior…