SYNOVIAL LIPOMAS ARBORESCENS

Citation
S. Bouraoui et al., SYNOVIAL LIPOMAS ARBORESCENS, Annales de pathologie, 16(2), 1996, pp. 120-123
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
Journal title
ISSN journal
02426498
Volume
16
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
120 - 123
Database
ISI
SICI code
0242-6498(1996)16:2<120:SLA>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
The synovial lipoma are uncommon articular tumors of unknown origin. W e report two cases of synovial lipoma arborescens arisen in a man and a woman respectively 41 and 27 years old. Both had already consulted f or a tumefaction progressively increasing in volume. It was accompanie d in the first case by a laxity in the knee joint. Radiography and art hroscopy showed an important hyperplasia of the articular synovia. A t otal synovectomy was performed in both cases. The synovia had a hairy aspect and was extremely thickened. It weighed 1.5 kg in the first cas e and its section had a fatty aspect. The histological examination con firmed the diagnosis of synovial lipoma arborescens. The observed aspe ct of the two tumors and particularly their volume, which was very imp ortant in the first case are arguments in favor of their tumoral natur e.