All I Did Was Try To Jump - Page #1
 

Author: Eric Friedman, MD
Co Author #1: Jaron Santelli MD
Senior Editor: Joseph Chorley, MD
Editor: Yaowen Hu, MD, MBA

Patient Presentation:
A 30 year-old male presents to the emergency department with acute onset of left knee pain.

History:
A 30 year-old male who was otherwise healthy presents with acute onset of left knee pain. The patient reports that he was playing basketball with his brother and he jumped up and felt a pop with sudden pain in the anterior aspect of his left knee. He states that he usually does not play sports, but his brother was in town so they played. He was unable to weight-bear and walk after the injury. He denied previous injuries and surgeries to the left knee. He noted left knee swelling and a feeling that the knee was unstable but denied numbness, tingling, locking, or catching. The patient denied any family history of significant diseases and denied any recent medication, tobacco, alcohol, or drug use.

Physical Exam:
Vitals: Temp: 98.9, HR: 92, BP: 135/85, RR: 14, SpO2: 99%
Constitutional: AOx4, no apparent distress, sitting in a wheelchair with his left leg up.
CV: Normal S1, S2, normal rate and rhythm, no murmurs
Pulmonary: No respiratory distress, lungs CTA bilaterally
Abdomen: Soft, non-tender, non-distended, no peritoneal signs
Skin: warm and dry without rash
Extremities: Good distal pulses, soft compartments, neurovascularly intact
Lt knee: Moderate effusion, patella tender to palpation, there was a boggy area over the patella tendon that was tender to palpation, no ligament laxity of the MCL/LCL, negative Lachman's, negative posterior drawer, negative McMurray's, unable to extend knee actively with limited flexion and extension possibly due to the effusion and pain.

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