Lipoma arborescens is a rare and benign intra-articular lesion characterized by a lipomatous proliferation of the synovial membrane, usually affects the knee joint. It presents as an unusual cause of intermittent knee pain and joint effusion. We report a case of lipoma arborescens of the knee in a 23-year-old man that initially resembled inflammatory arthropathy.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe hydatid disease is an anthropozoonose caused in humans by a larval form of Echinococcus granulosus. Adrenal gland is a rare and unsymptomatic site. We illustrate the case of a 46-year-old patient, admitted for left hypochondrial pain with back radiation.
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