This chapter deals with the clinical value of nuclear medicine, in particular SPECT/CT, in patients with knee injuries. A thorough overview of nuclear medicine imaging protocols, diagnostic algorithms and the clinical value for different knee pathologies is given. These knee pathologies or variants include patients with anterior knee pain; jumper’s knee; runner’s knee; patellar dislocation; patellar maltracking; patellar fractures; meniscal lesions; ligament tears such as anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament or collaterals; Stieda-Pellegrini lesion; cartilage lesions; osteochondral lesions; overloading of a knee compartment; osteoarthritis and fractures. The clinical value is further illustrated by images and typical instructional case descriptions.
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Hirschmann, M. T., Forrer, F., Testa, E., & Rasch, H. (2015). Nuclear medicine imaging of knee injuries. In Nuclear Medicine and Radiologic Imaging in Sports Injuries (pp. 669–685). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-46491-5_30
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