Diagnosaurus
Knee effusion
Etiology
- Trauma, eg, fracture, ligament or meniscal injury, overuse
- Infection, eg, gonococcal, Staphylococcus aureus, Lyme disease, tuberculosis
- Gout or pseudogout
- Seronegative spondyloarthropathy, eg, reactive arthritis (Reiter’s syndrome)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Osteoarthritis or inflammatory osteoarthritis
- Hemarthrosis due to bleeding disorder
- Malignant or benign tumor
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
Citation
Zeiger, Roni F.. "Knee Effusion." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114076/all/Knee_effusion.
Zeiger RFR. Knee effusion. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114076/all/Knee_effusion. Accessed April 28, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Knee effusion. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114076/all/Knee_effusion
Zeiger RFR. Knee Effusion [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 April 28]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114076/all/Knee_effusion.
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