A 33-year-old member asked:

Can a mri show a bakers cyst? i have a lot of painful grinding in the knee with catching at the medial knee joint line. could that be a meniscus tear?

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Dr. Marshall Solomonanswered

Podiatry 49 years experience

Yes mri: Mri can demonstrate baker's cyst also diagnostic ultrasound studies. It is cheaper.

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Dr. Robert Gould commented

Radiology 45 years experience

I agree ultrasound is faster easier and cheaper to exclude Baker's cyst , popliteal aneurysm , hematoma and solid mass. MRI more definitiv

Mar 9, 2013

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