Secondary Lipoma Arborescens of the Knee Associate with Giant Popliteal Synovial Cyst. A Case Presentation

Mutlaq Naheitan Alsubaie

Case Report

Secondary Lipoma Arborescens of the Knee Associate with Giant Popliteal Synovial Cyst. A Case Presentation

Mutlaq Naheitan Alsubaie¹*, Habeeb Mohammed Alhsboubi², Mahmoud Ben Maitigue³, Omar Dahdouli⁴, Saad ALsubaie⁵, Hussain Hadi Sharahili⁶

¹Orthopedic Resident, National Guard Hospital, Al Ahsa, Saudi Arabia.

²Orthopedic Resident, Dammam Central hospital, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.

³Orthopedic Consultant, King Fahad Military Medical City, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

⁴Orthopedic Consultant, King Fahad Military Medical City, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

⁵Histopathology Consultant, King Fahad Military Medical City, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

⁶Radiology Consultant, King Fahad Military Medical City, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Corresponding Author

Received Date: March 28, 2022; Published Date: May 04, 2022

Abstract

Lipoma arborescens is a rare, mainly intra-articular lesion characterized by diffuse replacement of subsynovial tissue by mature fat cells. It can be primary or secondary. The secondary type of lipoma arborescens is the more common. It is associated with an underlying chronic joint inflammation and irritation and is usually affecting the elderly patients. In this paper, we report an unusual case of Lipoma arborescens secondary to gouty arthritis affecting the left knee of a young male associated with a giant popliteal cyst and degenerative changes. An open synovectomy and excision of the popliteal cyst was performed.

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Mutlaq Naheitan Alsubaie*, Habeeb Mohammed Alhsboubi, Mahmoud Ben Maitigue and Omar Dahdouli. Secondary Lipoma Arborescens of the Knee Associate with Giant Popliteal Synovial Cyst. A Case Presentation. Glob J Ortho Res. 3(5): 2022. GJOR.MS.ID.000573. DOI: 10.33552/GJOR.2022.03.000573.

Keywords

Lipoma Arborescens, Knee, Popliteal Synovial Cyst, Intra, Articular, Synovectomy, Trauma, Meniscal injuries, Psoriatic arthritis, Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid arthritis