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The clinician-sonographer can quickly delineate the medial collateral ligament, pes anserine bursitis, and the medial meniscus. The ultrasonographer grades medial collateral ligament sprains, meniscal tears and extrusions, and parameniscal cysts. Ultrasound facilitates diagnosing and treating pes anserine bursitis and dynamically detects snapping pes anserine tendons.

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  1. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA

    Mark H. Greenberg

  2. Division of Rheumatology, Columbia VA Health Care System, Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, SC, USA

    Alvin Lee Day

  3. Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Advocate Medical Group, Chicago, IL, USA

    Suliman Alradawi

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Greenberg, M.H., Day, A.L., Alradawi, S. (2023). Medial Knee. In: Manual of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37416-6_19

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