The Imaging Spectrum of Baker's (Popliteal) Cysts

Torreggiani, William C.; Al‐Ismail, Khalid; Munk, Peter L.; Roche, Clare; Keogh, Ciarán; Nicolaou, Savvas; Marchinkow, Laurel O.

doi:10.1053/crad.2001.0917

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“…Inferomedial expansion is relatively common with a superficial location, which results in cysts becoming palpable. 4,5 In our series as palpable soft tissue masses on the medial aspect of the popliteal fossa was presented in all cases with the distended, large Baker cyst.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…Statistically, a significant difference was not present between different degree of medial meniscus degeneration in the group with the small Baker cyst (Chisquare=1.8; df = 2; p = 0. 4) There was no statistically significant difference between both groups for the presence of medial compartment cartilage loss with p<0.05 (Mann-Whitney U test).…”

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confidence: 81%

“…4,5 As the cyst enlarges, the cystic fluid may extend in any direction. Inferomedial expansion is relatively common with a superficial location, which results in cysts becoming palpable.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…10 Cartilage lesion, inflammatory and degenerative arthropaty are pathologically associated with the Baker cyst. 3,4,6,11 In the referred study of 30 patients with the popliteal cyst in 90% had lesion of the posterior horn of medial meniscus. 8 Meniscal lesions were also directly related to the presence and quantity of fluid inside the Baker cyst.…”

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MRI diagnosis of Baker cyst and significance of associated medial compartment knee osteoarthritis

Vasilevska¹,

Szeimies²,

Staebler³

2008

Radiology and Oncology

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confidence: 81%

“…4,5 As the cyst enlarges, the cystic fluid may extend in any direction. Inferomedial expansion is relatively common with a superficial location, which results in cysts becoming palpable.…”

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confidence: 99%

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MRI diagnosis of Baker cyst and significance of associated medial compartment knee osteoarthritis

Vasilevska¹,

Szeimies²,

Staebler³

2008

Radiology and Oncology

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“…Several conditions are associated with Baker's cysts, such as intra-articular lesions (meniscal tears, anterior cruciate ligament tears), arthritides (rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, psoriasis) [4], systemic lupus erythematosus, infection, hemophilia, pigmented villonodular synovitis [5,6].…”

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Baker’s cyst in pediatric patients: Ultrasonographic characteristics

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Depaoli

Canepari

et al. 2012

Journal of Ultrasound

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Objective: Evaluate incidence, etiology, and sonographic features of Baker's cyst in children. Materials and methods: We examined 16 pediatric patients, with the clinical diagnosis of Baker's cyst. The possibility to confirm or to exclude the presence of the lesion, assess the structure, presence of bilateralism and joint effusion were considered. Three subjects had known juvenile arthritis, 2 hemophilia, 11 a popliteal swelling in the absence of concomitant diseases. Results: In all patients it was possible to confirm (11) or to exclude (5) the presence of Baker's cyst. The idiopathic forms (6) exhibited anechoic structure; in patients with arthritis (3) there was hypertrophic synovium; in hemophilic patients at the presentation (2) anechoic structure with layering (serum and red blood cells); in chronic hemophilia synovial hypertrophy was seen. Joint effusion was constantly present in children with hemophilia and arthritis and in 1 case of idiopathic cyst. Conclusion: Baker's cysts in children are rare. Ultrasound is able to confirm or to exclude the presence of the lesion and it is able to evaluate characteristics, bilateralism and association with joint effusion.Sommario Obiettivi: Scopo del lavoro è valutare incidenza, eziologia e caratteristiche ecografiche delle cisti di Baker nei bambini. Materiali e metodi: Sono stati esaminati 16 pazienti di età pediatrica, con diagnosi clinica di cisti di Baker. È stata valutata la possibilità di confermare o di escludere la presenza di tale formazione, di documentarne la struttura, la presenza di bilateralità e di versamento articolare. Tra i pazienti esaminati 3 soggetti presentavano artrite reumatoide giovanile, 2 erano affetti da emofilia, 11 si presentavano con una tumefazione nel cavo popliteo, in assenza di patologie concomitanti. Risultati: In tutti i giovani pazienti è stato possibile confermare (11) o escludere (5) la presenza di cisti di Baker. Le forme idiopatiche (6) presentavano struttura oncogena, nei pazienti con artrite (3) mostravano ipertrofia della sinovia, in quelli emofilici (2), in fase iniziale, si osservava struttura anecogena con stratificazione (siero e globuli rossi), nelle forme croniche era presente ipertrofia sinoviale. Nei bambini con emofilia, artrite e in 1 caso di cisti idiopatica era presente versamento articolare. Conclusioni: Le cisti di Baker nei bambini sono rare. L'ecografia permette di confermare o di escludere la presenza di tali formazioni e di valutarne le caratteristiche, la bilateralità e la concomitante presenza di versamento articolare. ª

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