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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2023; 58(06): e957-e959
DOI: 10.1055/s-0040-1722594
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Oncologia

Fibroma of the Patellar Tendon Sheath: A New Paradigm

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1   Treinamento específico em Ortopedia, Serviço de Ortopedia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
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2   Treinamento específico de Medicina Geral e da Família, USF BRIOSA, Centro de Saúde Norton de Matos, Coimbra, Portugal
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1   Treinamento específico em Ortopedia, Serviço de Ortopedia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
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1   Treinamento específico em Ortopedia, Serviço de Ortopedia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
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João Pedro Oliveira
1   Treinamento específico em Ortopedia, Serviço de Ortopedia, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal
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Abstract

The authors present a case of fibroma of the tendon sheath with intra-articular location in the knee, more specifically in the infrapatellar fat; with this specific location, this is the fourth case described of an entity that rarely affects large joints. Clinical and epidemiological aspects, but especially the imaging findings on magnetic resonance imaging scans, are essential for the differential and definitive diagnosis, which was nevertheless established only after a histological study of the excised mass by miniarthrotomy.

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Work developed at Orthopedics Service, Centro Hospitalar e Universitário de Coimbra EPE, Portugal.




Publication History

Received: 17 August 2020

Accepted: 17 September 2020

Article published online:
31 March 2021

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