Explore the most common knee diseases and conditions. Use the search box below to quickly find a specific condition and learn about symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatments, and surgical options.
Explore the most common knee diseases and conditions. Use the search box below to quickly find a specific condition and learn about symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatments, and surgical options.
Explore the most common knee diseases and conditions. Use the search box below to quickly find a specific condition and learn about symptoms, causes, diagnosis, treatments, and surgical options.
| Focus | Details |
|---|---|
| Bleeding | Hemarthrosis of the Knee, Hemophilic Arthropathy |
| Cartilage | Osteochondritis Dissecans, Articular Cartilage Injury, Osteochondral Defect of the Knee |
| Crystal | Gout (Knee), Pseudogout (CPPD Disease) |
| Cyst | Baker’s Cyst (Popliteal Cyst) |
| Degenerative | Knee Osteoarthritis, Patellofemoral Osteoarthritis, Post-Traumatic Arthritis of the Knee, Osteonecrosis of the Knee |
| Infectious | Septic Arthritis of the Knee, Lyme Arthritis (Knee), Osteomyelitis of the Knee |
| Inflammatory | Rheumatoid Arthritis of the Knee, Psoriatic Arthritis (Knee), Ankylosing Spondylitis (Knee Involvement), Lupus Arthritis of the Knee, Reactive Arthritis, Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (Knee) |
| Ligament | ACL Tear, PCL Tear, MCL Injury, LCL Injury, Knee Dislocation (Multiligament Injury) |
| Meniscus | Meniscus Tear, Meniscal Cyst |
| Overuse | Prepatellar Bursitis, Pes Anserine Bursitis, Infrapatellar Bursitis, Patellar Tendinopathy (Jumper’s Knee), Quadriceps Tendinopathy, Iliotibial Band Syndrome, Osgood-Schlatter Disease, Sinding-Larsen-Johansson Syndrome, Plica Syndrome, Knee Sprain/Strain |
| Patellar | Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome, Chondromalacia Patella, Patellar Instability (Recurrent), Patellar Dislocation (Acute) |
| Synovial | Knee Synovitis, Synovial Chondromatosis, Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS) |
| Tendon Tear | Quadriceps Tendon Tear, Patellar Tendon Tear |
| Tumor | Osteosarcoma Around the Knee, Chondrosarcoma Around the Knee, Giant Cell Tumor of Bone (Knee) |