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Suggest Treatment For Hard White Knot On Knee Cap Post Injury
After my rugby game, I found a large tender red area on my knee. It also looked a little misshapen. I have dislocated my knee before so I was worried I had again but my knee cap was in place. It s a few days out and my knee is now dark purple with a large hard white knot on my knee cap. I think it s probably just fluid buildup but I wanted to make sure.
Mon, 1 Dec 2014
Most probably it is pre patellar bursitis, which is collection of fluid in front of the patella and it will improve with needle aspiration of the blood and than it can be controlled with compression bandage. If there is recurrence than it needs to be treated with arthroscopy.
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