Knee Joint Effusion: Complications

The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by knee joint effusion:

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

Exacerbation (worsening) of existing medical conditions:

  • Arthritis (inflammation of the joints), unspecified.
  • Gout (arthritis urica/uric acid-related joint inflammation or tophic gout)/hyperuricemia (elevation of uric acid levels in the blood)
  • Gonarthrosis (osteoarthritis of the knee joint)
  • Rheumatoid arthritis (chronic polyarthritis) – most common inflammatory disease of the joints.

Neoplasms – tumor diseases (C00-D48).

Progression (progression) of the

  • Tumors, unspecified