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Re: Chronic swelling in allograft knee

Posted By: drmark
Date: Thursday, 3 April 2008, at 12:56 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Chronic swelling in allograft knee (Patti K.)

> I have an appointment with the OS tomorrow- I'll bring up
> the issues of rejection. Also, back a month ago when I had
> the MRI, he mentioned looking into the possibility of
> having varying issues of arthritis. While I fully agree I
> am on the path to arthritis if I'm not there already, he
> did mention rheumetoid (sp?) arthritis. Wouldn't this show
> up on both knees, not just one? It's an autoimmune issue,
> right? I have a hard time believing that one, but am
> wondering if that would occur on just one knee as my other
> autograft ACL recon'ed knee is just fine.

> I'll post after my appointment. Thanks again.

Everyone who reads my posts must first click on my user name and read my profile.

There is an old saying in medicine that when you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.

Monarticular rheumatoid arthritis, in a knee with multiple orthopaedic issues is a zebra. At this point the same synovitis has to be attributed to a foreign body inside your knee.

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