ReviewJournal of ultrasound2019
Treatment of a calcific bursitis of the medial collateral ligament: a rare cause of painful knee.
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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
- Calcific Tendinitis: A Pain-Oriented and Site-Specific Narrative Review.Pain research & management · 2026Review
- Enhancing knee imaging via histology and anatomy-driven high-resolution musculoskeletal ultrasound.Journal of ultrasonography · 2025Article
- Case Report: Arthroscopic treatment of calcific periarthritis of the knee in the lateral and medial collateral ligaments.Frontiers in surgery · 2025Article
- Early arthroscopic debridement of posterior cruciate ligament calcification after symptom presentation led to immediate recovery: a case report.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2024Article
- US-guided percutaneous irrigation of extra-shoulder calcific tendinitis.The British journal of radiology · 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 imaging of bone fractures.Insights into imaging · 2022Review
- Ultrasound-guided percutaneous irrigation of calcific tendinopathy outside the rotator cuff: short-term evaluation.Skeletal radiology · 2022Article
- Ultrasound-guided interventions in rheumatology.European journal of rheumatology · 2022Article
- Intra- and inter-rater reliability of ultrasound measures of the anterior cruciate ligament.Journal of ultrasound · 2021Article
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Abstract
Medial knee pain is common in clinical practice and can be caused by various conditions. In rare cases, it can even be by calcific bursitis of the medial collateral ligament (MCL). Treatment of calcific bursitis and/or calcification of the MCL classically includes observation, local injections, shockwave therapy and surgical resection. We report a case of nontraumatic medial knee pain poorly responsive to conservative treatments. Ultrasound (US) imaging revealed a massive lobed hyperechoic formation with partial acoustic shadow in the MCL context compatible with calcific bursitis, and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) confirmed the presence of the bursa's calcific deposit surrounded by hyperintense signal compatible with pericalcific edema. We performed a double-needle ultrasound-guided percutaneous lavage (UGPL), which is today a fairly common treatment for many musculoskeletal disorders, such as rotator cuff calcific tendinopathy and elbow extensor tendons pathology, but regarding the knee, it is not part of ordinary care. This report shows the clinical and imaging presentation of calcific bursitis of the MCL and describes in detail the technique to perform the UGPL with a system of two needles, two syringes and a double connection to ensure a correct lavage of the calcium deposit without significant intrabursal pressure increase and consequently without pain during the procedure.
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