Lipoma arborescens - knee

Case contributed by Amr Farouk
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Swollen knee for over 1 year.

Patient Data

Age: 20 years
Gender: Female
mri

Intraarticular suprapatellar recess frond-like proliferation eliciting high T1 and T2 WI signal saturating on fat suppressed sequences.

Mild knee joint effusion.

Case Discussion

An example of lipoma arborescens of the knee.

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