Bilateral lipoma arborescens of the knee: a case report

• Authors: Evangelos Perdikakis , Apostolos Karantanas
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Lipoma arborescens, a diffuse articular lipomatosis, is a rare disorder characterized by marked villiform synovial proliferation and diffuse replacement of the subsynovial tissue by mature adipocytes. Unilateral joint involvement is the usual presentation while bilateral joint involvement is more uncommon. We reported a case of bilateral lipoma arborescens in a male patient with associated marked patellofemoral osteoarthritis and described the MR imaging findings.

Keywords

EN

Lipoma arborescens; Synovial plicae; MR imaging; Osteoarthritis; Knee joint/patellofemoral

• Publisher: De Gruyter Open
• Journal: Open Medicine
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 3
• Pages: 263-265

Dates

published

1 - 6 - 2011

online

8 - 4 - 2011

Contributors

author

Evangelos Perdikakis

• Department of Radiology, University of Crete, Stavrakia, 711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

author

Apostolos Karantanas

• Department of Radiology, University of Crete, Stavrakia, 711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

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Identifiers

DOI

10.2478/s11536-011-0013-5