DDx Adolescent Knee Pain

 

Remember hip pain as a cause from SUFE / Perthes

 

Aetiology

 

Hip - Perthes / SUFE / Infection

 

PFJ - malalignment, chondromalacia, tendonitis

 

Cartilage - OCD

 

Meniscus (+/- discoid)

 

Ligament injury

 

Osgood Shlatters

 

Synovial Plica

 

Trauma

Tumor 

Infection

Inflammatory