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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 ... Knee Effusion ... Intra-articulation fracture - Patellar ... diagnosis #msk #
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... Schlatter #Disease #Knee ... clinical #Radiology #diagnosis ... #msk
Evaluation of Suprapatellar Knee Effusion (normal knee) on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

POCUS for knee effusions:
Effusion (normal ... ) POCUS for knee ... effusions: remember ... proximal to the patella ... #MSK #POCUS #Clinical
Pre-patellar Bursitis on POCUS

- Dr. Lebret Yannick @ardoukoba40

#Prepatellar #Bursitis #POCUS #Knee #Ultrasound #Sports #Radiology #MSK #Clinical
Pre-patellar Bursitis ... on POCUS - Dr ... #Knee #Ultrasound ... Sports #Radiology #MSK ... #Clinical #Effusion
Bone Deformity / Limp - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Infection
 • Septic Arthritis
 • Cortical Hypertrophy
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Deformity / Limp - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease Knee ... Deformity #Limp #MSK ... #Differential #
Suprapatellar Knee Hemarthrosis on POCUS
Note the supra-patella plica separating the physiological knee fluid from the blood
Hemarthrosis on POCUS ... Note the supra-patella ... stock standard effusion ... #Hemarthrosis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #msk
Transient Patellar Dislocation - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Hyperintense marrow edema of the anterolateral femoral condyle
Dislocation - MSK ... injury of the knee ... Differential diagnosis ... #knee #clinical ... #msk
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... “Bamboo Spine” Fusion ... Joint #Disorders #msk ... #Differential #
Knee Effusions - Arthrocentesis Interpretation

Inflammatory arthritis:
 • Color: Yellow-> Green
 • Clarity: Opaque
 • Viscosity: Low
Knee Effusions - ... Inflammatory arthritis ... analysis: • MSU ... Singh @rav7ks #Knee ... Interpretation #diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
Differential Diagnosis ... suggested by warmth, effusion ... the morning • Effusion ... Joint #pain #Differential ... #Diagnosis #MSK