Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report

Volume: 40 Number: 2 September 11, 2006
  • Yener Saglik
  • Ramazan Akmese
  • Yusuf Yildiz
  • Kerem Basarir
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Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report

Abstract

Lipoma arborescens is a rare intraarticular lesion, mainly affecting the knee. A fourteen-year-old girl presented with a slow-growing painless mass in the right knee, of a six-year history. There were no limitations in the movements of the knee. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple lesions showing villous lipomatous proliferation of the synovium in the supra- and retropatellar regions and effusion in the knee joint. The mass was excised with arthrotomy and synovectomy and a histopathologic diagnosis of lipoma arborescens was made. Two years postoperatively, and when the right knee was completely asymptomatic, she developed a similar mass in the suprapatellar region of the left knee. An MRI scan showed a mass lesion in the supra- and retropatellar regions, effusion in the knee joint, and a synovial cyst in the popliteal fossa. Again, arthrotomy and synovectomy were performed and the histopathologic diagnosis was lipoma arborescens. This case differs from simultaneously involved knees in that lipoma arborescens in the contralateral knee developed two years after the inital operation.

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Yener Saglik This is me

Ramazan Akmese This is me

Yusuf Yildiz This is me

Kerem Basarir This is me

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September 11, 2006

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March 7, 2014

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Year 2006 Volume: 40 Number: 2

APA
Saglik, Y., Akmese, R., Yildiz, Y., & Basarir, K. (2006). Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, 40(2), 176-180. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i2.612
AMA
1.Saglik Y, Akmese R, Yildiz Y, Basarir K. Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;40(2):176-180. doi:10.3944/aott.v40i2.612
Chicago
Saglik, Yener, Ramazan Akmese, Yusuf Yildiz, and Kerem Basarir. 2006. “Lipoma Arborescens Occurring in Both Knees at Different Times: A Case Report”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40 (2): 176-80. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i2.612.
EndNote
Saglik Y, Akmese R, Yildiz Y, Basarir K (September 1, 2006) Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40 2 176–180.
IEEE
[1]Y. Saglik, R. Akmese, Y. Yildiz, and K. Basarir, “Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report”, Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 40, no. 2, pp. 176–180, Sept. 2006, doi: 10.3944/aott.v40i2.612.
ISNAD
Saglik, Yener - Akmese, Ramazan - Yildiz, Yusuf - Basarir, Kerem. “Lipoma Arborescens Occurring in Both Knees at Different Times: A Case Report”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica 40/2 (September 1, 2006): 176-180. https://doi.org/10.3944/aott.v40i2.612.
JAMA
1.Saglik Y, Akmese R, Yildiz Y, Basarir K. Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006;40:176–180.
MLA
Saglik, Yener, et al. “Lipoma Arborescens Occurring in Both Knees at Different Times: A Case Report”. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica, vol. 40, no. 2, Sept. 2006, pp. 176-80, doi:10.3944/aott.v40i2.612.
Vancouver
1.Yener Saglik, Ramazan Akmese, Yusuf Yildiz, Kerem Basarir. Lipoma arborescens occurring in both knees at different times: a case report. Acta Orthopaedica et Traumatologica Turcica. 2006 Sep. 1;40(2):176-80. doi:10.3944/aott.v40i2.612