ReviewSkeletal radiology2016
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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- Calcifications of the lateral and medial collateral ligament of the knee successfully treated with ultrasound-guided percutaneous fragmentation and lavage: a report of two cases.Journal of ultrasound · 2026Article
- Calcifications of the Knee's Medial Compartment: A Case Report and Literature Review on the Adductor Magnus Tendon as an Uncommon Location and the Role of Ultrasound-Guided Lavage.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Calcific bursitis of the Gruberi bursa: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2024Article
- Case Report: Surgical management of medial collateral ligament calcification.Frontiers in surgery · 2024Article
- Ultrasound-guided Percutaneous Lavage as Treatment for Pellegrini-Stieda Syndrome with Suspected Same Patho-mechanism as Rotator Cuff Syndrome: A Case Report.Journal of orthopaedic case reports · 2023Article
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- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous treatment of a calcific acromioclavicular joint: A case report.Medicine · 2020Article
- Treatment of a calcific bursitis of the medial collateral ligament: a rare cause of painful knee.Journal of ultrasound · 2019Review
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Abstract
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).
methodsA 66-year-old patient presented with medial knee pain. X-ray, ultrasound, and magnetic resonance (MR) examinations revealed calcific bursitis of the MCL, which was treated by UGPL.
resultsOne month after treatment the patient was asymptomatic. X-ray, ultrasound, and MR examinations confirmed the almost complete disappearance of the calcification; only very tiny fragments remained.
conclusionsCalcific bursitis of the MCL of the knee is very uncommon, but should be taken into account in differential diagnoses for medial knee pain. UGPL is proposed as a treatment for this condition.
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