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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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Causes of Knee Effusions ... - Differential ... bearing after injury ... - Aneurysmal bone ... diagnosis #msk #physicalexam
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
lesion) - MSK Radiology ... atraumatic adolescent knee ... increased local stress ... (save $$) Differential ... #mri #clinical
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Disease - MSK Radiology ... fragmentation and mild bone ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... marrow edema and bony ... Schlatter #Disease #Knee
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... liver or renal injury ... - Cyanide - Propofol ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury ... Acidosis #Elevation #Differential
Humeral Avulsion of the Inferior Glenohumeral Ligament (HAGL)
 • Imaging Findings:
 • Large defect of the
HAGL) can be a cause ... Differential diagnosis ... capsuloligamentous injury ... • Bony Humeral ... #Radiology #diagnosis
Freiberg Infraction - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Sclerosis of the 2nd MT head with flattening of
Infraction - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... Differential diagnosis ... Plantar plate injury ... plate, subchondral bone
Medial Meniscus Bucket Handle Tear - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Truncation of the medial meniscus on
Case description ... peripheral red zone ... Differential diagnosis ... BucketHandle #Tear #knee ... #mri #clinical
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Syndrome - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... : • Clinical: anterolateral ... Differential diagnosis ... ligament complex injury
Cortical Desmoid - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Circumscribed, small cortically based Tl -hypointense and T 2-hyperintense
Desmoid - MSK Radiology ... Case description ... related to avulsive injury ... - Bone scans ... Differential diagnosis
Transient Patellar Dislocation - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Hyperintense marrow edema of the anterolateral femoral condyle
consistent with bone ... There is also a bone ... of the knee ... Differential diagnosis ... #clinical #Radiology