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Ultrasound-Guided Ganglion Cyst Aspiration

2008; SAGE Publishing; Volume: 4; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/s11420-008-9079-2

1556-3324

Gregory Saboeiro, Carolyn M. Sofka,

Shoulder Injury and Treatment

Soft tissue ganglia can occur around multiple joints throughout the musculoskeletal system. These can present clinically as slowly enlarging masses, which may or may not be painful. Cross-sectional imaging can be helpful in both diagnosis and treatment of these lesions. The diagnostic ability of sonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to define the internal characteristics of periarticular lesions as cystic or solid is invaluable to diagnosis. They can also meticulously outline the regional anatomy, identifying regional neurovascular structures that could potentially pose a problem if surgical excision is considered. We describe a case of a soft-tissue ganglion of the foot, localized immediately deep to a first order branch of the dorsalis pedis artery, diagnosed with magnetic resonance imaging and treated with sonographic-guided aspiration.