MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING OF SOFT-TISSUE AND CYSTIC MASSES ABOUT THEKNEE

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee is the most frequently pe rformed joint MRI examination. The use of MRI has revolutionized asses sment of both intra-articular and periarticular musculoskeletal masses about the knee and has largely supplanted other radiologic methods of evaluation. The purpose of this article is to review the MRI appearan ce of the numerous types of soft-tissue and cystic masses that arise a bout the knee.