Synovial lipoma arborescens: Case report

Abstract

Synovial Lipoma Arborescens (LA) is a rare disease, affecting usually the knee joints. The case presents a 69-year-old male complaining of a left knee swelling of 9 months duration for which he sought multiple medical and orthopaedic advices without improvement or diagnosis. Diagnosis was done by characteristic MRI imaging of this benign tumour. In conclusion, synovial lipoma arborescens is rare but should be kept in the differential diagnosis of knee swelling