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Synovial and ganglion cysts, also known as juxta-facet cysts, are intraspinal lesions that may mimic disc herniations and cause radicular symptoms. A 75-year-old male patient presented with a 6-month history of left leg pain and numbness in the foot that increased in severity within the past week. Physical examination showed...

Synovial cysts are commonly found in the knee joint. Hip Joint is an infrequent site for formation of synovial cysts. The features of a large, synovial cyst on magnetic resonance imaging, occurring in the hip joint, are described.
Giant rheumatoid synovial cyst of the hip joint: diagnosed by MRI. Patkar D, Shah...

Cysts can occur in many shapes and forms around the knee. A cyst is defined as a closed cavity, or sac, that is lined with epithelium. It can contain liquid or semisolid material, can be normal or abnormal, and can occur in soft tissue or in bone. Benign or malignant...

Three cases discussed. Popliteal cyst, Achilles tendon cystic fluid collection resulting from an atraumatic longitudinal Achilles tendon tear and a small tear of the medial head of gastrocnemius or of the plantaris tendon with a small fluid collection.
Differential diagnosis of calf pain with musculoskeletal ultrasound imaging. Kane D, Balint PV, Gibney...

A report of a giant synovial cyst complicating a total hip replacement and causing pressure on the femoral artery and vein.
Giant synovial cyst causing deep venous thrombosis: brief report. Van Mourik JB, Josaputra HA, Axler A. J Bone Joint Surg Br. 1988 Nov;70(5):841

A total of 254 cases of synovial cysts of the spine have been reported in the English literature, but only eight have been associated with haemorrhage. We describe a 55-year-old man with acute radiculopathy resulting from haemorrhage involving a synovial cyst at a lumbar facet joint. Traumatic factors could have...

We describe five patients, seen since 1984, with posterior shoulder pain and isolated wasting and weakness of the infraspinatus. In four of these a ganglion in the spinoglenoid notch was demonstrated by MRI and in one recent case ultrasound scans were positive. Three patients have been treated by operation, but...

Notes on cysts and bursas around the knee.
Bursae
12 in total according to Last's
- 4 anterior
- 4 lateral
- 4 medial

Synovial cysts in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), most common in the popliteal fossa,1 2 have also been described in proximity to several other rheumatoid joints,3–9 but never the sternoclavicular joints.
Large synovial cysts originating from the sternoclavicular joints in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis. Andonopoulos AP, Meimaris N, Yiannopoulos G, Pastromas V, Dimopoulos P. Ann Rheum Dis....

A75 year old woman presented to the orthopaedic clinic with low back pain and left leg pain for last three months. The low back pain was of gradual onset and was progressive. The pain was aggravated on walking and standing. On clinical examination the patient was fit and well. She had bilateral free straight leg raise. Femoral nerve stretch...

Nine patients treated surgically for lumbar spinal synovial cyst were reviewed. Four patients had synovial, two had ganglion, one had posterior longitudinal ligament, and two had ligamentum flavum cyst.
Lumbar synovial cysts: experience with nine cases. Ayberk G, Ozveren F, Gök B, Yazgan A, Tosun H, Seçkin Z, Altundal N. Neurol Med Chir...

We report an unusual case of a large, asymptomatic, medial meniscal cyst of the knee. Medial meniscal cysts are relatively uncommon, are usually symptomatic and in most cases are so small that only magnetic resonance imaging can confirm the diagnosis.
Medial meniscal cyst of the knee--an unusual presentation: a case report. Kurian...

A 35-year-old man was seen with pain in the back of the knee. MRI showed a mass in the anterior cruciate ligament. Biopsy indicated mucoid degeneration. Arthroscopic resection of the ligament was carried out, with relief of symptoms.
Mucoid cystic degeneration of the cruciate ligament. Kumar A, Bickerstaff DR, Grimwood JS, Suvarna...

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the clinical manifestations and the treatment strategy of a very rare entity of disease manifesting as multiple extra-articular cystic synovitis with recurrent polyarthralgia.
Multiple extra-articular synovial cyst formation: case report and review of the literature. Chen SY, Kamatani N, Kashiwazaki S. Ann Rheum Dis. 1998 Mar;57(3):169-71 full text

In rheumatoid arthritis, involvement of the tendons and bursae in the shoulder region is a common finding. Rupture of the long head of biceps tendon is classically recognized by the contraction of the belly of the biceps into a prominent lump on active flexion of the elbow, the so-called ‘pop-eye’...