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Lipoma of the knee joint is a rare disease and most cases are lipoma arborescens within the joint. Here we report a case of true extraarticular lipoma of the knee.
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Gao, J., Gillquist, J. & Messner, K. An unusual case of extraarticular lipoma of the knee joint. Knee Surg, Sports traumatol, Arthroscopy 4, 164–166 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01577411
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