Ruptured Baker's Cyst in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Analysis of 235 Baker's Cysts in 198 Patients

葉 松峰(Song-Feng Yeh), 張 德明(Deh-Ming Chang), 賴 振宏(Jenn-Haung Lai), 陳 政宏(Chen-Hung Chen), 侯 宗昀(Tsung-Yun Hou), 郭 三元(San-Yuan Kuo), 邱 啓勝(Chi-Sheng Chiou), 張 棋楨(Chi-Ching Chang)

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Abstract

Purpose: We retrospectively analyzed patients' characteristics, underlying diseases, and size of lesion between ruptured and non-ruptured Baker's cysts (BC). Method: We retrospectively reviewed the hospital records of 198 patients with 161 unilateral and 37 bilateral BCs that were diagnosed by musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSU) at a rheumatology department from June 2006 to June 2009. Result: We found 235 BCs of which 22 were ruptured (11 right and 11 left knees). Non-ruptured BC and associated diseases occurance were as follows: Osteoarthritis (OA) (125), gout (41), rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (21), pseudogout (13), and spondyloarthropathy (SpA) (13). Ruptured BCs were associated with the following diseases: RA (11), OA (4), gout (3), SpA (1), systemic lupus erythematosus (1), pseudogout (1), and polymyositis (1). Conclusion: OA was the leading cause of non-ruptured Baker's cysts while RA with active arthritis were the major causes of ruptured BCs. MSU was found to be a useful tool for identifying these diseases in rheumatologic clinics.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)72-77
Number of pages6
JournalFormosan Journal of Rheumatology
Volume24
Issue number1&2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 1 2010

Keywords

  • 肌肉骨骼超音波
  • Baker's cyst貝克氏囊腫
  • 關節炎
  • Musculoskeletal ultrasound
  • Baker's cyst
  • arthritis

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