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• Knee examination — The knee examination, in medicine, is performed as part of a physical examination, or when a patient presents with knee pain or a history that suggests a pathology of the knee joint.The exam includes several parts: *position/lighting/draping… …   Wikipedia

• Bone tumor — Classification and external resources Micrograph of an osteosarcoma, a malignant primary bone tumor. ICD 10 C …   Wikipedia

• Giant cell tumor of bone — A tumor of bone characterized by massive destruction of the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most commonly struck by this tumor is the knee the far end of the femur and the near end of the tibia. The tumor is often coated by new bony… …   Medical dictionary

• Malignant giant cell tumor — A type of bone tumor characterized by massive destruction of bone near the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most commonly struck by this tumor is the knee the far end of the femur and the near end of the tibia. The tumor is often coated… …   Medical dictionary

• Bone, giant cell tumor of — A tumor of bone characterized by massive destruction of the end (epiphysis) of a long bone. The site most commonly struck by this tumor is the knee the far end of the femur and the near end of the tibia. The tumor is often coated by new bony… …   Medical dictionary

• big knee — 1. in cattle, bursitis over the knee. 2. in horses, a tumor of the bony parts of the knee joint. 3. in goats, the adult form of caprine arthritis encephalitis …   Medical dictionary

• mock knee — noun : a large pedunculate fibrous tumor in front of the knee especially in cattle …   Useful english dictionary

• syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… …   Medical dictionary

• Hyaluronan — Identifiers CAS number 9004 61 9  …   Wikipedia

• COX-2 inhibitor — COX 2 selective inhibitor is a form of non steroidal anti inflammatory drug (NSAID) that directly targets COX 2, an enzyme responsible for inflammation and pain. Targeting selectivity for COX 2 reduces the risk of peptic ulceration, and is the… …   Wikipedia

• Osteosarcoma — Classification and external resources Intermediate magnification micrograph of an osteosarcoma (center and right of image) adjacent to non malignant bone (left bottom of image). The top right of the image has poorly differentiated tumor. Osteoid… …   Wikipedia