title: Solitary intra-articular lipoma locking the knee in a young boy.
abstract: Intra-articular lipomas have been described in adult patients: only in five of them was it responsible for acute pain and locking of the knee. We report here the unique case of an 8-year-old boy with a painful locked knee caused by a solitary intra-articular lipoma in the anteromedial compartment of the knee.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedic Department of the University Hospital of 'Tor Vergata', Rome, Italy. cosimo.tudisco@uniroma2.it
authors.forename: Cosimo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tudisco
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farsetti
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Febo
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint; D008067:Lipoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology