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Knee Pain

Underlying Cause

Knee Pain Underlying Cause

Common causes for knee pain include:

Baker's cyst
Chondromalacia patella
Degenerative arthritis
Knee bursitis
Knee contusion
Knee fracture
Knee sprain
Osgood-Schlatter disease
Patellar tendinitis
Viral syndrome

Less common causes for knee pain include:

Charcot joint
Deep venous thrombosis
Gait abnormalities
Gout
Hemophilia
Iliotibial band syndrome
Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis
Leukemia
Osteochondritis dissecans
Paget's disease
Patella fracture
Patellar dislocation
Pseudogout
Quadriceps tendon rupture
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sarcoidosis
Sciatica
Scurvy
Septic arthritis
Slipped capital femoral epiphysis

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Related Conditions

Chondromalacia
Knee bursitis
Knee sprain
Knee tendinitis
Osgood Schlatter
Osteoarthritis
Popliteus tendinitis
Quadriceps tendinitis

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Last Updated: Mar 24, 2009 References

Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD

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