Bursae around the knee joints

A bursa is a fluid-filled structure that is present between the skin and tendon or tendon and bone. The main function of a bursa is to reduce friction between adjacent moving structures. Bursae around the knee can be classified as those around the patella and those that occur elsewhere. In this pict...

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Autor principal: Chatra, Priyank S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012
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Musculoskeletal Radiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22623812
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.95400
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description A bursa is a fluid-filled structure that is present between the skin and tendon or tendon and bone. The main function of a bursa is to reduce friction between adjacent moving structures. Bursae around the knee can be classified as those around the patella and those that occur elsewhere. In this pictorial essay we describe the most commonly encountered lesions and their MRI appearance.
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spelling pubmed-33543532012-05-23 Bursae around the knee joints Chatra, Priyank S Indian J Radiol Imaging Musculoskeletal Radiology A bursa is a fluid-filled structure that is present between the skin and tendon or tendon and bone. The main function of a bursa is to reduce friction between adjacent moving structures. Bursae around the knee can be classified as those around the patella and those that occur elsewhere. In this pictorial essay we describe the most commonly encountered lesions and their MRI appearance. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2012 /pmc/articles/PMC3354353/ /pubmed/22623812 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0971-3026.95400 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3354353/
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