COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY-GUIDED ASPIRATION OF A GANGLION CYST OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT - A CASE-REPORT

Authors
CAMPAGNOLO DI DAVIS BA BLACKSIN MF
Citation
Di. Campagnolo et al., COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY-GUIDED ASPIRATION OF A GANGLION CYST OF THE ANTERIOR CRUCIATE LIGAMENT - A CASE-REPORT, Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation, 77(7), 1996, pp. 732-733
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Rehabilitation
Journal title
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation → ACNP
ISSN journal
00039993
Volume
77
Issue
7
Year of publication
1996
Pages
732 - 733
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9993(1996)77:7<732:CTAOAG>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
This report describes the case of a ganglion cyst of the anterior cruc iate ligament in a 26-year-old man who had long-standing intermittent knee pain with locking. The cyst was success fully aspirated under com puted tomography guidance, with complete resolution of symptoms. A lit erature review is presented along with diagnostic and treatment approa ches for this uncommon finding. (C) 1996 by the American Congress of R ehabilitation Medicine and the American Academy of Physical Medicine a nd Rehabilitation.