Uncommon etiology of knee pain: Lipoma arborescens.

Authors

  • Dhia Kaffel
  • Saoussen Miladi
  • Mohamed Habib Jaafoura
  • Arafett Bondka
  • Khaireddine Zehi
  • Sleh Karray
  • Mohamed Fethi Ladeb
  • Wafa Hamdi
  • Mohmed Montacer Kchir

Keywords:

Lipoma arborescens, benign tumor, knee masses, magnetic resonance imaging

Abstract

 Lipoma arborescens is a rare intra-articular benign tumor. It affects mostly the knee and the diagnosis is usually difficult due to resembling symptomatology of osteoarthritis. Cases presentation: We report herein 3 new cases of lipoma arborescens of the knee in which a patient has synovitis associated. In 2 cases, the discovery was intraoperatively. We also report a tumor relapse 2 years after surgery.

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2018-05-15

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