Ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage of calcific bursitis of the medial collateral ligament of the knee: a case report and review of the literature

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• 作者：Federico Del Castillo-González ; Juan José Ramos-Álvarez…
• 关键词：Calcific bursitis ; Medial collateral ligament ; Ultrasound ; Percutaneous lavage
• 刊名：Skeletal Radiology
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：October 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：45
• 期：10
• 页码：1419-1423
• 全文大小：687 KB
• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Medicine & Public Health
  Imaging and Radiology
  Orthopedics
  Pathology
  Nuclear Medicine
  
• 出版者：Springer Berlin / Heidelberg
• ISSN：1432-2161
• 卷排序：45

文摘

ObjectivesCalcification of the medial collateral ligament (MCL) of the knee is rare. The literature reports no positive outcomes when conservative treatment has been followed. This paper reports a case of such calcification and its treatment using ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage (UGPL).