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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 ... Fever/Chills/Joint pain ... Intra-articulation fracture ... Effusions #causes #differential ... #diagnosis #msk
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
- MSK Radiology ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... #Knee #patella ... #clinical #mri #
Low Back Pain (Lumbago) - Common Differential Diagnosis and Patterns

Mechanical Low Back Pain:
Aching pain in the
) - Common Differential ... or inflammatory disease ... below the knee, ... BackPain #Lumbago #Differential ... #Comparison
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
nociceptors -> Pain ... joints tend to bear ... commonly affects the knee ... #Degenerative #Comparison ... #Versus #MSK #JointDisease
Transient Patellar Dislocation - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Hyperintense marrow edema of the anterolateral femoral condyle
Can get chondral fractures ... Differential diagnosis ... : • Patella fracture ... with or without a fracture ... #clinical #mri
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Alterations: - Sensory features ... or without back pain ... negative, MOG-IgG test ... MCTD - Bechet disease ... management #neurology #differential
Tenosynovitis of the peroneal tendons due to hypertrophic peroneal tubercle
Imaging Findings:
 • Large volume ofT2-hyperintense fluid
non-displaced fracture ... Differential diagnosis ... dislocation or tear ... Calcaneal stress fracture ... tubercle #clinical #mri