Post-traumatic knee pain leading to the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy

The authors report a patient with persistent left knee pain after traumatic injury. The initial bone scan seemed to confirm a valgus stress knee injury. The final diagnosis, however, was focal inflammation of the knee ligaments (enthesopathy) related to ankylosing spondylitis. The diagnostic procedu...

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Published inClinical nuclear medicine Vol. 29; no. 4; p. 251
Main Authors Tofighi, Mojdeh, Baillet, Georges, Tamgac, Feyzi, Thoreux, Patricia, Weimann, Pierre, Moretti, Jean-Luc
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2004
Subjects
Adult
Arthralgia - diagnosis
Arthralgia - etiology
Athletic Injuries - complications
Athletic Injuries - diagnosis
Athletic Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Diagnosis, Differential
Diagnostic Errors
Humans
Knee Injuries - diagnosis
Knee Injuries - diagnostic imaging
Knee Injuries - etiology
Knee Joint - diagnostic imaging
Male
Radiography
Radionuclide Imaging
Spondylarthropathies - complications
Spondylarthropathies - diagnosis
Spondylarthropathies - diagnostic imaging
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Summary:The authors report a patient with persistent left knee pain after traumatic injury. The initial bone scan seemed to confirm a valgus stress knee injury. The final diagnosis, however, was focal inflammation of the knee ligaments (enthesopathy) related to ankylosing spondylitis. The diagnostic procedure and the results of other imaging modalities are presented. The bone scan findings are discussed.
ISSN:0363-9762
DOI:10.1097/01.rlu.0000118241.48628.87