Definition
Post-traumatic ossification about the medial collateral ligament of the knee commonly seen on plain X-rays and is almost always an asymptomatic for incidental finding. MRI of the area often shows that the calcification is not in the medial collateral ligament but in nearby structures, such as the adductor magnus tendon. This area may also take up radioisotopic tracer on nuclear medicine joint/bone scans. Patients with Reiter's syndrome may demonstrate tendinous calcification and ossification in this same location. In Reiter's syndrome, the etiology of the calcification is not post-traumatic, but probably related to bony proliferation at the site of attachment of the tendon to the underlying bone.
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Excellent.
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(2004). Pelligrini-Stieda disease. In: Moreland, L.W. (eds) Rheumatology and Immunology Therapy. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29662-X_2115
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