Knee Ultrasound

Knee ultrasound detects injuries invisible to x-rays and MRI, such as abscesses, cysts, bruises, small tumors, effusions, etc. which can be seen in the amount of these tests that are normal in the presence of symptoms.

The most frequent diagnoses that we find when practicing a color ultrasound of the knee are:

Synovialitis

Patella fracture (sometimes missed with X-rays)

Popliteal cysts (Baker's cyst)

Inflammation of the lower dorsal recess with compression of the popliteal artery

Tumors

Calcifications

Dissecting osteochondrosis

cartilage erosion

popliteal thrombosis or aneurysms