Causes of knee pain include bone injury, ligament injury, infection, and tumor, etc. Patients need to choose appropriate imaging tests under the guidance of doctors according to different causes, and should not take films blindly.
1. Bone injury: patients with a history of bone fracture or localized swelling of the knee should go to the hospital to take X-rays or CT three-dimensional reconstruction for diagnosis.
2. Ligament damage: knee pain caused by anterior and posterior cruciate ligament or meniscus tear requires an MRI examination of the knee joint.
3. Infection: Infection of the knee may be caused by synovitis, osteomyelitis, or other diseases, and usually requires an MRI.
4. Tumors: Tumors may grow around the knee joint and cause pain. For further diagnosis, CT, PET-CT and MRI tests are needed.
In addition there may be other causes of knee pain, you should go to the hospital in time, under the guidance of professional doctors to avoid delay.