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Articular Genus Muscle of the Knee

Medical University of Vienna Vienna A-1090, Austria

I congratulate Christopher Roth et al. on their exciting article titled "Quadriceps Fat Pad Signal Intensity and Enlargement on MRI: Prevalence and Associated Findings" [1]. However, I would like to comment on one point: The authors describe correctly the "articular muscle of the knee." Unfortunately, I believe the terminology used ("articular muscle") is not correct. When we first described the muscle in 1996 in a radiology journal [2], we used the English translation of the anatomic term "musculus articularis genus," which translates to "articular muscle of the knee". More recent publications in anatomy journals use only the Latin name. Kimura and Takashi [3] published a basic paper about anatomic morphology and function of the musculus articularis genus and also used the Latin term. We found another article in the literature [4] that used an English translation similar to ours. I believe that it is confusing and incorrect to simply call this anatomic structure the "articular muscle."

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1. Roth C, Jacobson J, Jamadar D, Caoili E, Morag Y, Housner J. Quadriceps fat pad signal intensity and enlargement on MRI: prevalence and associated findings. AJR2004; 182:1383 -1387[Abstract/Free Full Text]
2. Puig S, Dupuy DE, Sarmiento A, Boland GW, Grigoris P, Greene R. Articular muscle of the knee: a muscle seldom recognized on MR imaging. AJR 1996;166:1057 -1060[Abstract/Free Full Text]
3. Kimura K, Takahashi Y. M. articularis genus: observations on arrangement and consideration of function. Surg Radiol Anat 1987;9:231 -239[Medline]
4. Ahmad I. Articular muscle of the knee: articularis genus. Bull Hosp Joint Dis1975; 36:58 -60

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University of Michigan Medical Center Ann Arbor, MI 48109

We thank Dr. Puig for his comments related to our article [1]. As with many medical terms in Latin, there is often discussion as to whether the term should be used in its Latin form or translated to English. When writing our manuscript, we decided to use the English translation "articular muscle of the knee." To further assess how each of these terms is used in the literature, we performed keyword searches on PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine that includes more than 14 million citations of biomedical articles dating back to the 1950s from MEDLINE and additional life science journals [2]. Using the Boolean search statement "musculus articularis genus," we found three articles that contained this information, all used in the title as well. Using the Boolean search statement "articular muscle knee," we found four articles that contained this information; three of the citations used "articular muscle of the knee" in the title. One of these articles was previously published in the American Journal of Roentgenology [3]. Often, proper word usage and translation in an article are directed by the editorial staff of the journal. We thank Dr. Puig for his interest in our article and his opinion with regard to terminology of this structure.

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1. Roth C, Jacobson J, Jamadar D, Caoili E, Morag Y, Housner J. Quadriceps fat pad signal intensity and enlargement on MRI: prevalence and associated findings. AJR2004; 182:1383 -1387
2. National Library of Medicine. PubMed. Available at www.pubmed.gov. Accessed June 2004
3. Puig S, Dupuy DE, Sarmiento A, Boland GW, Grigoris P, Greene R. Articular muscle of the knee: a muscle seldom recognized on MR imaging. AJR 1996;166:1057 -1060

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