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Lateral Meniscus Knee Injury Warning Signs
Notify your doctor if you have a meniscus knee injury and develop any of the following:
- Worsening knee pain
- Tenderness over the bones of the knee
- Worsening knee swelling
- Deformed knee
- Inability to walk
- Inability to move the knee
- Foot weakness
- Leg weakness (unilateral):
- Below the knee
- Leg numbness (unilateral):
- Below the knee
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Last Updated: Mar 26, 2009 References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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