IV. Symptoms
- Anterior Knee Pain and swelling
V. Signs
- Tenderness over Prepatellar Bursa
- Anterior knee overlying Patella
- Dome shaped swelling
VI. Differential Diagnosis
- Patella Contusion
- Patella Fracture
- Intra-articular Knee Injury
- Septic knee
- Septic Bursitis
VII. Management
- NSAIDs
- Local Ice Therapy
- Eliminate pressure overlying Patella
- Prepatellar Bursa Injection (refractory cases)
VIII. References
- Greene (2001) Musculoskeletal Care, AAOS, p. 335-6
- Cardone (2003) Am Fam Physician 67(10):2147-52 [PubMed]
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Concepts | Disease or Syndrome (T047) |
ICD9 | 726.65 |
ICD10 | M70.4 , M70.40 |
SnomedCT | 202931000, 268096008, 156684006, 17059001 |
English | Housemaid's knee, prepatellar bursitis, prepatellar bursitis (diagnosis), Pre-patellar bursitis, Prepatellar bursitis, unspecified knee, Housemaids knee, Prepatellar bursa disease, bursitis prepatellar, housemaid knee, House-maid's knee, Prepatellar bursitis, Prepatellar bursitis (disorder), bursitis; prepatellar, housemaid's knee, hygroma; prepatellar, nun's knee, prepatellar; bursitis, prepatellar; hygroma, housemaids knee, prepatellar bursa |
Dutch | prepatellaire bursitis, tendinitis prepatellaris, bursitis; prepatellair, hygroom; prepatellair, prepatellair; bursitis, prepatellair; hygroom, Bursitis prepatellaris |
French | Bursite prérotulienne, Bursite pré-rotulienne |
German | Bursitis praepatellaris |
Italian | Borsite pre-rotulea, Borsite pararotulea |
Portuguese | Bursite pré-rotuliana |
Spanish | Bursitis prerrotuliana, bursitis prepatelar, bursitis prerrotuliana (trastorno), bursitis prerrotuliana |
Japanese | 膝蓋骨前滑液包炎, シツガイコツゼンカツエキホウエン |
Czech | Prepatelární burzitida |
Korean | 전 무릎뼈 윤활낭염 |
Hungarian | Prepatelláris bursitis, Praepatellaris bursitis |