Recurrent spontaneous haemarthrosis of the knee associated with a synovial and juxta-articular haemangiohamartoma.
Several spontaneous episodes of haemarthroses of the knee in a young man led to repeated arthroscopic examinations and one arthrotomy of the affected joint until a juxta-articular haemangiohamartoma was indicated by angiogram. Excision of the malformation stopped the bleeding tendency.
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Central Military Hospital, Helsinki, Finland.
D000328:Adult; D006222:Hamartoma / Q000150:complications*; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000150:complications*; D006395:Hemarthrosis / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology*