Medial collateral ligament calcification: a rare knee pain entity with literature review

Acta Radiol Open. 2017 Nov 10;6(11):2058460117738549. doi: 10.1177/2058460117738549. eCollection 2017 Nov.

Abstract

Medial knee pain can originate from both osseous and non-osseous soft tissue structures including medial collateral ligament (MCL), creating a raft for patients' sufferings. Previously published works demonstrated MCL calcification as a rare medial knee pain entity. Alongside physical examination, radio-imaging techniques, namely conventional X-ray, CT/MRI scanning, etc. have been reported to be useful in recognizing MCL calcification. The present study demonstrates MCL calcification in a 60-year-old Asian-Bangladeshi woman, using high frequency diagnostic ultrasonogram and is the first reported study in the literature. To have available literature review, PubMed, Cochrane, Embase, and Scopus databases were used.

Keywords: Medial collateral ligament; calcification; knee pain.

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