Knee Effusion Causes

Aka: Knee Effusion Causes

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II. Causes: Trauma

  1. Ligament injury
    1. Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
    2. Posterior Cruciate Ligament Tear
  2. Meniscus Injury
    1. Medial Meniscus Injury
    2. Lateral Meniscus Injury
  3. Patella injury
    1. Patella subluxation
    2. Patella dislocation
  4. Intra-articular Fracture

III. Causes: Rheumatic Conditions

  1. Reiter's Syndrome
  2. Rheumatoid Arthritis
  3. Gout
  4. Pseudogout
  5. Osteoarthritis

IV. Causes: Infectious Disease

  1. Gonorrhea
  2. Lyme Disease
  3. Tuberculosis
  4. Brucellosis

V. Causes: Malignant Tumor

  1. Hematologic Malignancy
  2. Chondroblastoma
  3. Eosinophilic Granuloma
  4. Giant cell tumor
  5. Ewing's Sarcoma
  6. Osteosarcoma
  7. Synovial Sarcoma

VI. Causes: Benign Tumor

  1. Aneurysmal bone cyst
  2. Fibrous cortical defect
  3. Fibrous dysplasia
  4. Osteochondroma
  5. Osteoid Osteoma
  6. Pigmented villonodular synovitis

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