Case report. An unusual cause of a patient presenting with an acutely locked knee: multiple benign fat pad cysts.
Benign ganglion (synovial) cysts within the knee are uncommon and especially so when located in the infrapatellar fad pad. They cause many non-specific symptoms but usually present as a swelling. We report the case of a young gentleman with multiple benign synovial cysts within the fat pad causing a locked knee, which was treated with arthroscopically assisted open excision. We can find no previous reports of isolated multiple fat pad cysts causing acute locking of the knee.
Trompeter
Alex
A
Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma, The Ipswich Hospital, Heath Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, IP4 5PD, UK. alex_trompeter@hotmail.com
Servant
Chris
C
D000273:Adipose Tissue; D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D045888:Ganglion Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007719:Knee Joint; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male