Gaucher Disease: An Unusual Cause of Knee Pain.

Ioannis Gigis Charalampos PitsilosEfthimios SamoladasCharalampos PavlopoulosProdromos HytiroglouKonstantinos DitsiosPericles Papadopoulos

Published in: Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Global research & reviews (2022)

This is a rare case of GD presenting initially with knee pain. Because early diagnosis is important for the treatment of this condition, orthopaedic surgeons should consider this uncommon cause in the differential diagnosis of joint pain.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
rare case
pain management
neuropathic pain
total knee arthroplasty
replacement therapy
spinal cord
anterior cruciate ligament
anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction
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