Post-traumatic extensive knee ganglion cyst
Abstract
A rare case of a posttraumatic extensive ganglion cyst of the anterolateral thigh with connection to the knee joint is presented. A 54- year-old man presented a palpable mass in the anterolateral region of his right thigh with a 15 months existing sense of fullness and tightness. He had an accident with his bicycle 21 months ago. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed showing a cyst inside the quadriceps femoris muscle between vastus lateralis and intermedius with connection to recessus suprapatellaris and knee joint. In addition MRI detected a traumatic lesion in the quadriceps femoris tendon in the near of the knee joint. The ganglion cyst was 18 cm long and was excised completely. Intraope - ratively, the knee joint connection was confirmed and excised as well. The ganglion cyst was filled with a gelatinous and viscous fluid.Downloads
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Published
2011-08-11
Keywords:
post-traumatic, ganglion cyst, quadriceps femoris tendon, knee joint.
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Mahvash, M., Hashemi, M., Maslehaty, H., Doukas, A., Petridis, A. K., & Mehdorn, H. M. (2011). Post-traumatic extensive knee ganglion cyst. Clinics and Practice, 1(3), e61. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2011.e61
Copyright (c) 2011 Mehran Mahvash, Majid Hashemi, Homajoun Maslehaty, Alexandros Doukas, Athanasios K. Petridis, Hubertus Maximilian Mehdorn

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