X-ray of osteoarthritis of the knee


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X-ray of osteoarthritis of the knee


X-ray of osteoarthritis of the knee

Courtesy of Intermountain Medical Imaging, Boise, Idaho.

Figure 1 is an X-ray of a normal knee with normal space between the bones of the upper and lower leg. Figure 2 shows bone spurs and a narrowed joint space caused by osteoarthritis.

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Primary Medical Reviewer E. Gregory Thompson, MD

- Internal Medicine
Specialist Medical Reviewer Stanford M. Shoor, MD

- Rheumatology
Last Updated April 20, 2007

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