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| | | | A Simple Guide to Arthritis and Metabolic Disorders
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| | | | A Baker's cyst which is a protrusion of the synovia posteriorly in chronic rheumatoid and osteoarthritis may rupture posteriorly into the posterior compartment of the knee. This has occurred in left calf of the patient illustrated in this photograph with the swollen calf on the left side. This is turn can cause vascular compression and neurological compression and a posterior compartment syndrome. | | | | < Previous
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