Pain and swelling around the tibial tuberosity

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Respond to at least two of your colleagues on two different days who were assigned different case studies than you. Analyze the possible conditions from your colleagues' differential diagnoses ( Patellar Tendinitis (Jumper's Knee): Small tears in the patellar tendon, mostly related to sports that require jumping or running. More common in adolescent males. Pain and tenderness are localized to the inferior tip of the patella (Santana et al., 2023). Pain is often described as dull or achy and clicking or popping may be associated (Dains et al., 2019).

1. Osgood-Schlatter Disease: common in adolescent males. Pain and swelling around the tibial tuberosity. Results from strenuous activity and sports. Pain increases with flexion and extension of the knee (Dains et al., 2019).

2. Chondromalacia patellae: the softening and tearing of the hyaline cartilage. Women are affected more often than men. Patients present with pain in the anterior knee that worsens with activities, such as climbing stairs, squatting, or running (Habusta et al., 2023).

3. Meniscal Injury: Tear in the menisci resulting from trauma, such as a twisting injury. Pain localized to the joint line. Patients often complain of feeling like their knee is "giving way" (Bhan, 2020).

4. Knee bursitis:

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