11 Year Old Athlete with Persistant Knee Pain and a Bone Lesion Found on X Ray

It's not going to do you any good to worry, is it? Is that going to help you in any way? You don't know what you're dealing with, so right now the best thing you can do is distract yourself. Waiting is hard, but that is where you are at.

Dr. Google is never a good idea. The only people who post anything are those with really bad cases. So you spend time researching something and only reading about the worst case scenarios.

Doctors tend to not want to tell their patients anything until there is something to tell them. A wise doctor ins't going to tell you the worst case scenario. A wise doctor is going to wait until all the tests are in and he/she feels very confident in telling you what's going on. Sounds like the doctor did her job!

I know it's not easy, but the best thing you can do is nothing. There is nothing to do. There is nothing to think about. There is nothing to research. After the doctor reads the MRI and you have a diagnosis, then you can ask the doctor questions. But stay away from google.

Try not to stress too much (I know easier said than done) until you get the results from the dr. Good luck!

Added: Please be sure and update us on what you find out!

Please wait till test results are in and see what the doctor says.
It's great she wants to be active but there's such a thing as over doing it.
Her bones and joints are developing, they are somewhat vulnerable while growing and too much activity can cause many injuries - stress fractures, worn cartilage, tendonitis, etc. and yes - sometimes bone lesions.

https://link.springer.com/article/10.2165/00007256-199519...

She might want to drop one activity and mix it up with something like swimming to take some stress off her knees.

First I want to say my friend is fine! She was having hip pain though and had X-rays. From there they did an mri and a cat scan because they saw a lesion. The radiologist report from the mri said it resembled a cancerous lesion and then they listed the characteristics making it look cancerous. She then went to the University of Penn to see a cancer doc. That doc looked at the same mri, cat scan and X-ray and said it was fine and she felt it was a bone defect she had her whole life. She had to go back 1 year later to confirm nothing changed and it didn’t. She was fine.

Try not to worry. ( for what it is worth...My girls are often tired too. They have grueling schedules).

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A bone lesion is an abnormality in a bone. It's good that they caught it and can find out what's going on.

Don't panic. Don't Google the symptoms because then you will have a panic attack. Wait until the doctor's tell you what is going on. Then do the research.

I'm not sure if this fits your daughter's symptoms, but here is something to read up on...Osgood-schlatter disease (knee pain). Osgood-Schlatter disease affects children experiencing growth spurts. Children who play sports in which they regularly run and jump are most at risk. The disease causes a painful lump below the kneecap. The condition usually resolves on its own, once the child's bones stop growing.

My husband has this from playing too many sports at one time for too long at a young age. It still affects him but it is not serious.

Positive thoughts and fingers crossed sent your way!

Thank you both. No, it does no good to worry but it's hard not to.
We should have results by Wed or Thu