Knee Joint Pain Potentially Due to Bone Alterations in a Knee Osteoarthritis Patient

Patient: Male, 83 Final Diagnosis: Osteoarthritis Symptoms: Knee joint pain Medication: — Clinical Procedure: Resting Specialty: Orthopedics and Traumatology OBJECTIVE: Challenging differential diagnosis BACKGROUND: Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of musculoskeletal pain and functional disability worldwide. However, the etiology of this condition is still largely unknown. CASE REPORT: We report the clinical course of an elderly man with knee OA. CONCLUSIONS: Plain radiographs and MRI examinations performed during follow-up suggested that the pathophysiology of the patient’s knee OA and joint pain may have been primarily due to bone alterations.