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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 ... Brucellosis - Viruses: HIV ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... #diagnosis #msk
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Infrapatellar fat-pad edema with loss of the patellar tendon
Osgood-Schlatter Disease - MSK ... Case description ... Tibial tuberosity pain ... tibial tuberosity Differential ... Schlatter #Disease #Knee
Piriformis Test

The Piriformis test evaluates for pain from sciatic nerve irritation caused by the piriformis muscle.
With
evaluates for pain ... patient prone, the knees ... degrees and the hips ... Piriformis #Test #Hip ... #sports #msk #orthopedics
Reduction of Patellar Dislocation 
Most patellar dislocations are lateral, and they often reduce on their own.
or recline with hips ... knee⁣⁣ • usually pain ... Dislocation #Procedure #MSK ... #Knee #Clinical ... #Video #PhysicalExam
Iliotibial Band Friction Syndrome - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • The iliotibial band (ITB) is thickened with
Friction Syndrome - MSK ... thickened with no tear ... Case description ... pain with point ... Differential diagnosis
Approach to Joint Pain - Arthritis Differential Diagnosis Framework

Inflammatory Versus Noninflammatory Pain
 • Is it inflammatory
- Arthritis Differential ... the time course (acute ... spine, shoulders, hips ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #MSK #
Distinguishing between Inflammatory and Degenerative joint disease
Inflammatory Joint Disease
 • Swelling stimulates joint nociceptors -> Pain
mechanical forces that are ... joints tend to bear ... commonly affects the knee ... hip and L/C-spine ... Comparison #Versus #MSK
Approach to Joint Pain

History:
Is the pain from:
	• Joint
	• Adjacent bursa
	• Tendon
	• Ligament
	• Bone
	• Muscle
	• Referred from
Arthritis: • Acute ... e.g., meniscal tears ... e.g., congenital hip ... #MSK #rheumatology ... approach #workup #differential
Focal Periphyseal Edema (FOPE lesion) - MSK Radiology
Imaging Findings:
 • Arrows identifying the characteristic edema-like signal
FOPE lesion) - MSK ... atraumatic adolescent knee ... pain ... function after year ... (save $$) Differential
Extreme Patellofemoral Joint Instability (PFJI)

In this video you can see an extreme rare case of bilateral
PFJI) In this video ... ranging from frank acute ... 4️⃣core, and hip ... #Orthopedics #Knee ... #msk