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What's a baker's cyst?
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Knee cyst: It is a fluid filled sack in the crease behind your knee. The cyst can be associated with a torn meniscus cartilage inside the knee, which allows the knee synovial fluid to escape and form the cyst.
Answered 2/3/2017
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