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01-08-2009 | Arthroscopy and Sports Medicine

Case report. An unusual cause of a patient presenting with an acutely locked knee: multiple benign fat pad cysts

Authors: Alex Trompeter, Chris Servant

Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery | Issue 8/2009

Abstract

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.

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Title: Case report. An unusual cause of a patient presenting with an acutely locked knee: multiple benign fat pad cysts
Authors: Alex Trompeter
Chris Servant
Publication date: 01-08-2009
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery / Issue 8/2009
Print ISSN: 0936-8051
Electronic ISSN: 1434-3916
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-009-0838-4

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