I visited my orthopeadic dr this week to get the results of mri scan,,he says my kneecap is rough underneath

Question

does anyone know the medical term for this so i can look it up please

Answer 1

arthritis?

Answer 2

Following a road accident and damage to left knee cap, it left me with a rough knee cap underneath and small pieces of debris floating about.  The orthopaedic consultant called it "crepitus" but advised whilst it was causing no pain, to leave well alone (something similar to "if it ain't broke, don't fix it )

Wait and see what the doctor says and consider carefully what he recommends.  I  can inform you that replacement knee caps are usually held off as long as possible (the older you are the better) as they only have a certain life span and there is a limit to how many replacements you can have (I believe the number is 3).

Hope the news is good from your MRI scan.

Answer 3

Crepitus is the noise that your knee makes ie grinding etc.What your orthopod is going to recommend is probably one of two things a. do nothing and live with it or b/ arthoscope which is a surgery that they do in day hospital and you are awake. They freeze the knee and a small camera is insert in a hole that is made in the side of your knee. Then your doctor takes a surgerical device and smoothes down the roughness of underneath your kneecap. No stitches. Your knee will be a bit sore for a week or so and you should notice a real improvement.

Answer 4

Only thing I can think of is that it might be a torn meniscus, in which case  you may have small pieces of cartilage floating around the knee joint.

Answer 5

Considering the amount of info you get from an MRI he should have explained things better. I would interpret it as wearing of the joint cartilege which is early osteoarthritis.

I would see a physio to see if your kneecap is stiff or pulling abdnormally which can cause abdnormal wear.

Knee cap replacements are still pretty new and not a good first stop, if your knee cap is very tight a surgical release can be helpful.

Answer 6

What a stupid doctor.. giving u such a vague description, and not following it up! Anyway... it could be anything going by that description.. could be arthritis, could be torn meniscus (the cartilage in your knee) or it could just simply be that... a rough kneecap. The medical term for kneecap is 'patella'.. yours could just be rough at the underside, giving you certain symptoms.. pain, crunching or clicking i'd imagine?

But its hard to tell just from the info you've given... i dont think theres a specific medical term for a 'rough kneecap'

Answer 7

Arthritic nodules.

Sometimes causing "trigger knee"