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MR features of a giant cyamella in a patient with osteoarthritis: diagnosis and discussion
verfasst von:
Peter L. Munk, Abdulrhaman Althathlol, Faisal Rashid, David Malfair
Erschienen in:
Skeletal Radiology
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Ausgabe 1/2009
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Excerpt
The cyamella is infrequently encountered in humans with only a handful of reports in the literature describing its appearance on radiographs, CT, and MRI [
1,
2]. It is occasionally referred to as the popliteal fabella or the fabella distalis. It is typically located within the tendon or, occasionally, the myotendinous junction of the popliteus muscle, which runs from the lateral femoral epicondyle, posteriorly and distally to the origin of the muscle on the proximal third of the posterior face of the tibial diaphysis. Most commonly, on radiographs, it is seen in the lateral femoral groove and is usually a small, ossified structure. …