Traumatic lipohemobursa of the infrapatellar bursa
Displaced fractures allow spillage of bone marrow and blood into the surrounding soft tissues. When the fracture is intra-articular, the spilled marrow contents may be contained by the associated joint capsule, resulting in a lipohemarthrosis. This is sometimes visible as a fat-fluid level on imagin...
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doaj-562de759025840b79e88c9703c621f462020-11-24T20:48:22ZengElsevierRadiology Case Reports1930-04332018-04-01132513515Traumatic lipohemobursa of the infrapatellar bursaSegen Aklilu, MD0Gregor M. Dunham, MD1Felix S. Chew, MD, MBA2Department of Radiology, University of Washington, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195-7115, USADepartment of Radiology, University of Washington, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195-7115, USACorresponding author.; Department of Radiology, University of Washington, 1959 N.E. Pacific Street, Box 357115, Seattle, WA 98195-7115, USADisplaced fractures allow spillage of bone marrow and blood into the surrounding soft tissues. When the fracture is intra-articular, the spilled marrow contents may be contained by the associated joint capsule, resulting in a lipohemarthrosis. This is sometimes visible as a fat-fluid level on imaging. At the knee, the characteristic appearance of lipohemarthrosis within the suprapatellar recess signifies the presence of an intra-articular fracture that may otherwise not be radiographically apparent. We present a case in which an extra-articular proximal tibia fracture allowed spillage of marrow contents into the deep infrapatellar bursa, resulting in a lipohemobursa. The radiologic appearance mirrors the classic appearance of lipohemarthrosis with a fat-fluid level. Keywords: Lipohemobursa, Infrapatellar bursahttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043317305691 |
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Traumatic lipohemobursa of the infrapatellar bursa |
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Displaced fractures allow spillage of bone marrow and blood into the surrounding soft tissues. When the fracture is intra-articular, the spilled marrow contents may be contained by the associated joint capsule, resulting in a lipohemarthrosis. This is sometimes visible as a fat-fluid level on imaging. At the knee, the characteristic appearance of lipohemarthrosis within the suprapatellar recess signifies the presence of an intra-articular fracture that may otherwise not be radiographically apparent. We present a case in which an extra-articular proximal tibia fracture allowed spillage of marrow contents into the deep infrapatellar bursa, resulting in a lipohemobursa. The radiologic appearance mirrors the classic appearance of lipohemarthrosis with a fat-fluid level. Keywords: Lipohemobursa, Infrapatellar bursa |
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