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What can cause a knee cap to swell and bruise and also to have sonething hard that moves on my knee cap please help?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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Needs eval: Bruise is usually from bleeding, which can also have swelling. Unusual place to bruise without some trauma? Knee cap is a bone and hard and moves? Can be fractured with enough trauma. Ortho is the discipline most likely to diagnose.

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Answered 10/14/2016

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A member asked:

What can cause a knee cap to swell and bruise and also to have sonething hard that moves on my knee cap please help?

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. Creighton Wright answered

Dr Ferdowsi and another doctor agreed

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