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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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- Differential Diagnosis ... bearing after injury ... Ligamentous injuries - Meniscal ... fracture - Patellar ... #msk #physicalexam
Posterolateral Corner (PLC) Injury - Posterolateral Drawer Test
Injury to the posterolateral corner (PLC) is difficult to
is difficult to diagnose ... context of complex knee ... Clinical #Video #PhysicalExam ... #Sports #Orthopedics ... #Knee #Posterior
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Patellofemoral Syndrome ... Chondromalacia Patellae ... #Algorithm #Orthopedics
Posterior Knee Dislocation Injury
Specifically, POSTERIOR KNEE DISLOCATIONS can have significant associated injury that needs unique approach
Compartment syndrome ... special ligament/meniscus ... consider compartment syndrome ... -->>>> LINK TO ACL ... trauma/vascular/orthopedic