Post-traumatic knee pain leading to the diagnosis of spondyloarthropathy.
The authors report a patient with persistent left knee pain after traumatic injury. The initial bone scan seemed to confirm a valgus stress knee injury. The final diagnosis, however, was focal inflammation of the knee ligaments (enthesopathy) related to ankylosing spondylitis. The diagnostic procedure and the results of other imaging modalities are presented. The bone scan findings are discussed.
Tofighi
Mojdeh
M
Nuclear Medicine Department, Service du Pr Masquelet, CHU Avicenne, Bobigny, France. Mojdeh.Tofighi@avc.ap-hop-paris.fr
Baillet
Georges
G
Tamgac
Feyzi
F
Thoreux
Patricia
P
Weimann
Pierre
P
Moretti
Jean-Luc
JL
D000328:Adult; D018771:Arthralgia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D001265:Athletic Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D025242:Spondylarthropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*