Bursitis and Cysts Around the Knee

Abstract

Synovial bursae are anatomical structures that are located in critical regions where tendons run in close relationship with other tendons or bones and act as friction attenuators between such structures during movement. In the knee, several bursae can be found, but three of them are those mostly commonly involved by pathologic conditions: the bursa between the medial gastrocnemius muscle and the semimembranosus tendon, the goose’s foot bursa, and the prepatellar bursa.