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My left knee keeps popping sometime there is pain and sometimes there is no pain. what should i do?

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Many reasons: The most common cause is what we call often called 'synovial plica syndrome, ' this is a condition that is the result of a remnant of fetal tissue in the knee.

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Answered 12/9/2013

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