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MRI detection of cysts of the knee causing common peroneal neuropathy.

Iverson DJ

Humboldt Neurological Medical Group, Inc., Eureka, CA 95503, USA. humneuro@sbcglobal.net

In 10 consecutive patients with footdrop due to common peroneal neuropathy without an obvious cause, MRI of the knee showed pathology at the fibular head in 6, including 5 patients with clinically unsuspected cysts of the tibiofibular joint. All 6 of the patients improved with surgery.

Published 13 December 2005 in Neurology, 65(11): 1829-31.
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