슬관절 수지상지방종 - 1례 보고

Lipoma arborescens is a rare disease, characterized by an intraarticular fatty villo- nodular proliferation, which causes the pain, effusion and swelling of' the affected joint, alrnost always found in theknee. Stout defined it as a collection of fat beneath the synovial lining forming swollen villous projections. The gross appearance resembles diffuse pigmentless villonodular synovitis. There are two deviations, one posttraumatic and one of natural evolution. The etiology is still undetermined and it has been called a beriign tumor, a tubercu- lous infection, a sequela of trauma, ana a generalized systemic chronic synovitis. The authors have experienced and report a case ot this disease, involved the left side knee joint, that has never been reported in Korea previously.