Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis

We report a rare case of a “giant Baker’s cyst-related rheumatoid arthritis (RA)” with 95 × 26 mm dimensions originating from the semimembranosus tendon. The patient presented with chronic pain and a palpable mass behind his left calf located between the posteriosuperior aspect of the popliteal foss...

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Main Authors: Levent Adiyeke, Emre Bılgın, Tahir Mutlu Duymus, İsmail Emre Ketencı, Meriç Ugurlar
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Orthopedics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4293104
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İsmail Emre Ketencı
Meriç Ugurlar
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description We report a rare case of a “giant Baker’s cyst-related rheumatoid arthritis (RA)” with 95 × 26 mm dimensions originating from the semimembranosus tendon. The patient presented with chronic pain and a palpable mass behind his left calf located between the posteriosuperior aspect of the popliteal fossa and the distal third of the calf. In MRI cystic lesion which was located in soft tissue at the posterior of gastrocnemius, extensive synovial pannus inside and degeneration of medial meniscus posterior horn were observed. Arthroscopic joint debridement and partial excision of the cyst via biomechanical valve excision were performed. The patient continued his follow-up visits at Rheumatology Department and there was no recurrence of cyst-related symptoms in 1-year follow-up. Similar cases were reported in the literature previously. However, as far as we know, a giant Baker’s cyst-related RA, which was treated as described, has not yet been presented.
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spelling doaj-art-fde5697ca4e4485bbf07b89c26f54e0f2025-08-20T03:25:27ZengWileyCase Reports in Orthopedics2090-67492090-67572017-01-01201710.1155/2017/42931044293104Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid ArthritisLevent Adiyeke0Emre Bılgın1Tahir Mutlu Duymus2İsmail Emre Ketencı3Meriç Ugurlar4Haydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul, TurkeyTepecik Education and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Izmir, TurkeyHaydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul, TurkeyHaydarpasa Numune Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul, TurkeyŞişli Etfal Training and Research Hospital, Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, İstanbul, TurkeyWe report a rare case of a “giant Baker’s cyst-related rheumatoid arthritis (RA)” with 95 × 26 mm dimensions originating from the semimembranosus tendon. The patient presented with chronic pain and a palpable mass behind his left calf located between the posteriosuperior aspect of the popliteal fossa and the distal third of the calf. In MRI cystic lesion which was located in soft tissue at the posterior of gastrocnemius, extensive synovial pannus inside and degeneration of medial meniscus posterior horn were observed. Arthroscopic joint debridement and partial excision of the cyst via biomechanical valve excision were performed. The patient continued his follow-up visits at Rheumatology Department and there was no recurrence of cyst-related symptoms in 1-year follow-up. Similar cases were reported in the literature previously. However, as far as we know, a giant Baker’s cyst-related RA, which was treated as described, has not yet been presented.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4293104
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Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Case Reports in Orthopedics
title Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_full Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_fullStr Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_full_unstemmed Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_short Giant Baker’s Cyst Associated with Rheumatoid Arthritis
title_sort giant baker s cyst associated with rheumatoid arthritis
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/4293104
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