Intra-articular lipoma of the knee joint located in the posterior compartment: A rare location

This report presents the case of a 51-year-old woman with intermittent left knee pain, especially during full flexion of the knee, which had been ongoing for 1 year. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed mild effusion and round mass at the posterior compartment without synovial changes. Computeriz...

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Published in:	Northern clinics of Istanbul Vol. 4; no. 1; pp. 89 - 92
Main Authors:	Bankaoglu, Mujdat, Ugurlar, Ozge Yapici, Ugurlar, Meric, Sonmez, Mesut Mehmet, Eren, Osman Tugrul
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Turkey Kare Publishing 01-01-2017 KARE Publishing
Subjects:	Case Report computerized tomography intra-articular lipoma knee joint CT intra-articular lipoma Computerized tomography knee joint
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Summary:	This report presents the case of a 51-year-old woman with intermittent left knee pain, especially during full flexion of the knee, which had been ongoing for 1 year. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed mild effusion and round mass at the posterior compartment without synovial changes. Computerized tomography (CT) indicated mass had homogeneous low attenuation and density measurement of -99.4±62.3 Hounsfield units (HU), correlated with a lipomatous lesion.
ISSN:	2536-4553 2148-4902 2536-4553 2148-4902
DOI:	10.14744/nci.2016.03016