Knee Joint Effusion: Or something else? Differential Diagnosis

Blood, blood-forming organs – immune system (D50-D90).

Musculoskeletal system and connective tissue (M00-M99).

  • 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).

Injuries, poisonings, and other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)