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lipohaemarthrosis LSBU

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Description: Radiology case 453-492 80 year old woman admitted with swelling of the left knee after a fall, during which she lost conciousness.
There is a distended supra-patellar pouch with an anterior linear margin. This is marked by a fine line of fat density, which is separated from the supra-patellar fat behind the quadriceps tendon, by a fine margin of soft tissue, probably the synovium.

Type: Case Study
Author/Contact: IDM
Institution: LSBU
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Language: English

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Added: Thu Jan 31 2002
Last Modified: Tue Jul 28 2009