MSK- knee pathology

Question 1

4 types of knee bursitis?

Answer 1

1. suprapatellar
2. prepatellar
3. infrapatellar
4. pes anserine

Question 2

what is patellar bursitis?

Answer 2

• Inflammation of the bursa in front of the kneecap
• Occurs when bursa becomes irritated and produces too much fluid thus causing swelling and pressure on adjacent parts of the knee

Question 3

3 things associated with jumpers knee?

Answer 3

1. patella tendon overuse unjury
2. patella tensinosis
3. patella tendinopathy

Question 4

distal femoris rupture?

Answer 4

most often occurs in conjunction with lateral collateral ligament disruption, often in association with an anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tear of the knee

Question 5

Gout tendinopathy sono appearance?

Answer 5

heterogeneous echotexture and diffuse thickening with loss of the normal fascicular architecture

Question 6

meniscal cyst?

• occur when
• secondary to
• what are they termed when extending beyond margins of the meniscus

Answer 6

• occur when synovial fluid becomes encysted
• often secondary to ameniscal tear
• When they extend beyond the margins of themeniscusthey are termedpara meniscal cysts

Question 7

bakers cyst?

Answer 7

• characteristic crescent shape

- involves the medial border of the gastrocnemius muscle and the semimembranosus tendon, with fluid-containing neck