Lieberman J M, Yulish B S, Bryan P J, Newman A J
Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio.
Can Assoc Radiol J. 1988 Dec;39(4):295-7.
The clinical presentation of a ruptured Baker's cyst and of thrombophlebitis can be identical. Venography, arthrography, and more recently ultrasonography have been used to differentiate these two entities. We report a patient with a ruptured Baker's cyst who was also evaluated using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). The soft-tissue abnormalities were better demonstrated by MRI than by the other imaging methods.
