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  • Large ganglionic cysts from the infrapatellar fat pad are rare, requiring surgical excision for treatment.
  • A case study details a 37-year-old man with knee pain due to a large cyst, identified through MRI, which lacked any extension into the joint.
  • Although these cysts are typically asymptomatic, they are often confused with other knee injuries; large cases necessitate open surgery rather than minimally invasive methods.

Article Abstract

Introduction: Large ganglionic cystic formations arising from the infrapatellar fat pad are quite uncommon and only a few are mentioned in the literature. An open excision in these cases is mandatory.

Case Presentation: We report the case of a large infrapatellar fat pad ganglion in a 37-year-old Greek man with chronic knee discomfort. The ganglionic cyst originated from the infrapatellar fat pad and had no intrasynovial extension. The final diagnosis was determined with magnetic resonance imaging of the knee, and the lesion was treated with surgery.

Conclusions: These lesions are asymptomatic in most cases but often are misdiagnosed as meniscal or ligamentous lesions of the knee joint. Nowadays, the therapeutic trend for such lesions is arthroscopic excision, but when there is a large ganglion, as in this case report, the treatment should be an open and thorough resection. This report is intended mostly but not exclusively for clinical physicians and radiologists.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3170344PMC
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