2003 Periarticular lesions detected on magnetic resonance imaging

Description: OBJECTIVE: To evaluate, using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the prevalence of periarticular lesions in older persons with or without knee pain, and to assess the association of these lesions with knee pain.
CONCLUSION: Although peripatellar lesions are equally common among subjects with knee pain and those without knee pain, other periarticular lesions (including bursitis and iliotibial band syndrome) are significantly more common among subjects with knee pain and may contribute to pain in these individuals.
Periarticular lesions detected on magnetic resonance imaging: prevalence in knees with and without symptoms. Hill CL, Gale DR, Chaisson CE, Skinner K, Kazis L, Gale ME, Felson DT. Arthritis Rheum. 2003 Oct;48(10):2836-44. Full text available