A giant ganglion cyst that developed in the infrapatellar fat and partly extended into the knee joint.
Ganglion cysts of the knee joint usually present near the lateral meniscus. Their size varies, and they may be encased in single or multiple capsules. Few case reports on ganglion cysts of the knee joint have been reported. We report a giant ganglion cyst that developed in the patellar fat and partly extended into the joint. The ganglion cyst was exposed in the meniscosynovial junction and was electrically evaporated at the anterior horn. No recurrence has occurred to date, and the patient has returned to his previous level of activity.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan. tmine@po.cc.yamaguchi-u.ac.jp
Takatomo
T
Mine
Koichiro
K
Ihara
Hiroshi
H
Tanaka
Tosihiko
T
Taguchi
Eiji
E
Azuma
Yasuhiko
Y
Tanigawa
Shinya
S
Kawai
D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008592:Menisci, Tibial / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery