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What is causing the pain below the knee from walking stairs? it also causes my knee to swell a little. x-ray and mri are normal.

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Dr. Bradford Romans answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Soft tissue injury: Tendinitis or bursitis may not show on x-ray or even mri.

Answered 7/19/2013

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