Uncommon etiology of knee pain: Lipoma arborescens

Autor: Dhia, Kaffel, Saoussen, Miladi, Mohamed Habib, Jaafoura, Arafett, Bondka, Khaireddine, Zehi, Sleh, Karray, Mohamed Fethi, Ladeb, Wafa, Hamdi, Mohmed Montacer, Kchir
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: La Tunisie medicale. 95(12)
ISSN: 0041-4131
Popis: 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.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.
Databáze: OpenAIRE