Intra-articular knee arborescent lipoma: a case treated with arthroscopic synoviectomy

Intra-articular knee arborescent lipoma: a case treated with arthroscopic synoviectomy

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Arborescent lipoma is an unusual intra-articular lesion that typically develops in the knee and canine spectra kc 3 intranasal single dose has to be evoked before chronic effusion.It corresponds to hyperplasia of mature fatty tissue and hypertrophy of synovial villi, developing within a joint.The reference treatment is synovectomy by arthrotomy.The rare forms localized to the anterior compartment of the knee can benefit from an arthroscopic synovectomy.The authors report a case of arborescent knee lipoma 15-eg1053cl in a 47-year-old patient who received arthroscopic synoviectomy.

To our knowledge, only a few cases of arborescent lipoma treated by arthroscopic synoviectomy have been reported in the literature.