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2. BAKER’S CYSTS (POPLITEAL

CYSTS)

• form when extra joint fluid is being produced by the joint

and some of it becomes trapped in a pouch (hernia)

sticking out of the joint lining.

• painless, but you may be able to feel a soft-to-firm lump at

the back of knee.