Keywords:
Congenital, Normal variants, Diagnostic procedure, MR, Musculoskeletal soft tissue, Extremities, Anatomy
Authors:
K. Pikoulas, I. Staikidou, G. Giannikouris, G. Mantzikopoulos, C. Kokkinis; Athens/GR
DOI:
10.1594/essr2018/P-0002
Methods and Materials
We reviewed the MR knee examinations and the radiologic reports of 600 consecutive patients that were performed in our department,
between March and October 2017.
The aim was to discover knees with accessory plantaris muscles.
The patients were referred to our department mostly because of knee pain.
All MR examinations were performed in 1.5 Tesla units.
The examination protocol consisted of the following sequences: coronal T1 weighted sequence,
sagittal dual echo sequence,
and axial and coronal proton density weighted with fat saturation sequences.
The field of view included the suprapatellar pouch cranially and the tibial insertion of the popliteus muscle caudally.
Neither intravenous nor intraarticular contrast was administered.