title: Intra-articular lipoma of the knee joint in a girl.
abstract: Intra-articular lipoma is a rare benign mass that commonly occurs in the knee joint. We present the case of a 15-year-old girl with a slowly growing mass in her right knee. There was no history of trauma. The patient had no catching, locking, or giving way of the knee. On magnetic resonance imaging, multiple fibrous septa within a hyperintense mass was determined. After the arthroscopic examination, complete resection by open surgery was performed. There was no tumor recurrence at the end of the 1-year follow-up period. True intra-articular lipoma should be distinguished from lipoma arborescens, which is a similar but more common condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Firat University, Medical Faculty, Elaziğ, Turkey. yilmazerh@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Erhan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.forename: Lokman
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Karakurt
authors.forename: Nusret
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Akpolat
authors.forename: Hüseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
authors.forename: Oktay
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Belhan
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Incesu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint; D008067:Lipoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging