Unusual lesions that distend the knee joint: pictorial essay

The high number of knee imaging exams at radiology clinics, together with the wide variety of knee disorders, calls for expanding the knowledge about the less common lesions seen in routine diagnostic practice. The purpose of this pictorial essay was to illustrate unusual lesions that distend the kn...

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Autores principales: de Lima, Luana T. Barros, de Albuquerque Filho, Eolo Santana, Batista, Laecio Leitão, de Moraes, Talita Peixoto, Pereira, Bruno Perez Guedes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Colégio Brasileiro de Radiologia e Diagnóstico por Imagem 2016
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Pictorial Essay
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5094822/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27818547
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0100-3984.2015.0154
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Sumario:The high number of knee imaging exams at radiology clinics, together with the wide variety of knee disorders, calls for expanding the knowledge about the less common lesions seen in routine diagnostic practice. The purpose of this pictorial essay was to illustrate unusual lesions that distend the knee joint, selected by relevance and evaluated with multiple imaging modalities, including X-ray, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging, as well as to perform a brief review of the literature.

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