@article{article_370864, title={A rare cause of chronic knee effusion: Lipoma arborescens}, journal={Marmara Medical Journal}, volume={30}, pages={188–190}, year={2017}, DOI={10.5472/marumj.370864}, author={Kaya, Samet Sancar and Erden, Yakup}, keywords={Lipoma arborescens,Synovial hyperplasia,Intraarticular lipoma}, abstract={<p>Lipoma arborescens (LA) is a rare intra-articular benign lesion </p> <p>commonly found in the knee. LA presents with chronic painless </p> <p>swelling. Diagnosis is easily done by specific signs of LA on </p> <p>magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Typically, LA is treated by </p> <p>open or arthroscopic synovectomy. A 30-year-old male patient was </p> <p>admitted with swelling in his right knee. He had chronic swelling </p> <p>of the suprapatellar bursa with recurrent episodes of effusion in his </p> <p>right knee for 1 year. He was diagnosed with LA by monitoring </p> <p>synovial villous proliferations that signal isointense with adipose </p> <p>tissue in all sequences on MRI. LA is a disease that should be </p> <p>remembered in patients with recurrent effusions in the knee joint. </p> <p>MRI plays an important role in diagnosis. </p>}, number={3}, publisher={Marmara University}