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Hemorrhagic prepatellar bursitis

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 Simple prepatellar bursitis is easily diagnosed both clinically and by MRI. MRI shows the typical T1 and T2 lengthening of fluid within the bursa. However, because of complex MRI appearance of hemorrhage, chronic hemorrhagic bursitis and the size of the prepatellar mass the clinical and MRI appearance can be very different.

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  1. Department of Radiology (R-109), Musculoskeletal Section, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, P.O. Box 016960, Miami, FL 33101, USA, , , , , , US

    F. Donahue & D. Turkel

  2. Department of Orthopedics, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA, , , , , , US

    W. Mnaymneh

  3. Department of Pathology, University of Miami/ Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, Florida, USA, , , , , , US

    L. Ghandur-Mnaymneh

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Donahue, F., Turkel, D., Mnaymneh, W. et al. Hemorrhagic prepatellar bursitis. Skeletal Radiol 25, 298–301 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050084

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