Subchondral cystlike lesions develop longitudinally in areas of bone marrow edema-like lesions in patients with or at risk for knee osteoarthritis: detection with MR imaging--the MOST study.

PURPOSE: To assess the association of prevalent bone marrow edema-like lesions (BMLs) and full-thickness cartilage loss with incident subchondral cyst-like lesions (SCs) in the knee to evaluate the bone contusion versus synovial fluid intrusion theories of SC formation. MATERIALS AND METHODS: The M...

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Main Authors: Crema, MD, Roemer, F, Zhu, Y, Marra, MD, Niu, J, Zhang, Y, Lynch, J, Javaid, M, Lewis, C, El-Khoury, G, Felson, D, Guermazi, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2010