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The evaluation of an effusion can be loosely differentiated into those that are traumatic and those that are non-traumatic.
Differential Diagnosis
Traumatic
Anterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Posterior Cruciate Ligament Injury
Intra-articular Fracture
Non-Traumatic
Knee Osteoarthritis
Inflammatory Arthritis
Baker's Cyst
Septic Knee
Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
Malignancy