MRI detection of cysts of the knee causing common peroneal neuropathy.
case_series · Level IV
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Abstract
In 10 consecutive patients with footdrop due to common peroneal neuropathy without an obvious cause, MRI of the knee showed pathology at the fibular head in 6, including 5 patients with clinically unsuspected cysts of the tibiofibular joint. All 6 of the patients improved with surgery.
Medical subject headings
- Knee
- Peroneal Neuropathies
- Synovial Cyst
Anatomy
- knee
- tibia