LIPOMA ARBORESCENS OF THE SHOULDER - MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING FINDINGS

Lipoma arborescens is a rare intra-articular lesion that typically aff ects the knee. This condition represents villous lipomatous proliferat ion of the synovial membrane. The magnetic resonance imaging findings are diagnostic and include a frond-like, fatty synovial mass and assoc iated joint effusion, The authors describe a 90-year-old woman with li poma arborescens of the shoulder. To the authors' knowledge, lipoma ar borescens has not previously been reported in this joint.