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The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of parameniscal cyst pathology, diagnosis, and treatment. The article will discuss both established treatment modalities and a novel technique for treatment of #parameniscal cysts in patients with #concomittant Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome. In this method, operators scan using a high-frequency linear ultrasound transducer with the scan plane corresponding to the anatomic coronal plane. They then place a 25-gauge needle along the #anterolateral margin of the lateral meniscus for aspiration of the parameniscal cyst. Next, clinicians inject a standardized therapeutic mixture of anesthetic and long-acting #corticosteroid into the undersurface of the adjacent iliotibial band. Distention of the bursa is the determining factor for a successful injection. Ultrasound allows confirmation of correct injection placement, resulting in increased accuracy and improved patient.#Meniscal cysts are an accumulation of synovial fluid within a sac present in the knee joint. The cysts may be separated into two types, parameniscal and intrameniscal. Both types may be present simultaneously [1]. Meniscal cysts represent about 1% to 10% of all meniscal #pathology. They are caused by meniscal tears resulting in one-way valves that trap synovial fluid and are most commonly associated with horizontal cleavage tears of the lateral meniscus.

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Ultrasound Guided Aspiration of Lateral Parameniscal Cysts Causing Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome by Jean Jose DO in BJSTR