BIOMAT Database Logo BIOMAT Database Logo

Lipoma arborescens of the knee. 2005

A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Avon Orthopaedic Centre, Southmead Hospital, Bristol BS10 5NB, UK. andydavies@hotmail.com

Lipoma arborescens (diffuse articular lipomatosis) is a rare, benign intra-articular lesion of unknown aetiology. It is characterised by villous proliferation of the synovium and diffuse replacement of the subsynovial tissue by mature fat cells. It forms part of the differential diagnosis for a slowly progressive chronically swollen knee. We present a very rare case of bilateral involvement of the knee and discuss the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of this condition.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007592 Joint Diseases Diseases involving the JOINTS. Arthropathies,Arthropathy,Joint Disease
D007719 Knee Joint A synovial hinge connection formed between the bones of the FEMUR; TIBIA; and PATELLA. Superior Tibiofibular Joint,Joint, Knee,Joint, Superior Tibiofibular,Knee Joints,Superior Tibiofibular Joints,Tibiofibular Joint, Superior
D008067 Lipoma A benign tumor composed of fat cells (ADIPOCYTES). It can be surrounded by a thin layer of connective tissue (encapsulated), or diffuse without the capsule. Fatty Tumor,Hibernoma,Lipoma, Pleomorphic,Atypical Lipoma,Lipomata,Lipomatosis, Multiple,Atypical Lipomas,Fatty Tumors,Hibernomas,Lipoma, Atypical,Lipomas,Lipomas, Atypical,Lipomas, Pleomorphic,Lipomatas,Lipomatoses, Multiple,Multiple Lipomatoses,Multiple Lipomatosis,Pleomorphic Lipoma,Pleomorphic Lipomas,Tumor, Fatty,Tumors, Fatty
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000074402 Synovectomy Surgical removal of the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE. Synovium Resection,Resection, Synovium,Synovectomies,Synovium Resections
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D013583 Synovial Membrane The inner membrane of a joint capsule surrounding a freely movable joint. It is loosely attached to the external fibrous capsule and secretes SYNOVIAL FLUID. Synovium,Membrana Synovialis Capsulae Articularis,Membrane, Synovial,Membranes, Synovial,Synovial Membranes

Related Publications

A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee.
October 2004, Arthroscopy : the journal of arthroscopic & related surgery : official publication of the Arthroscopy Association of North America and the International Arthroscopy Association,
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee.
June 1999, Revue du rhumatisme (English ed.),
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee.
December 2008, Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases,
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee.
February 1989, The British journal of radiology,
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee.
January 2010, JBR-BTR : organe de la Societe royale belge de radiologie (SRBR) = orgaan van de Koninklijke Belgische Vereniging voor Radiologie (KBVR),
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee.
August 2015, Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA,
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee.
March 1998, The Journal of bone and joint surgery. British volume,
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma Arborescens of the Knee Joint.
March 1908, Buffalo medical journal,
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Primary lipoma arborescens of the knee.
September 2017, European journal of rheumatology,
A P Davies, and N Blewitt
Lipoma arborescens of the knee joint.
April 2013, BMJ case reports,
Copied contents to your clipboard!