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Clinical picture showing a large swelling on the anterolateral aspect of the left knee.
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F1
There was an apparent swelling (10 cm x5 cm in size) around the anterolateral aspect of the knee joint (Fig. 1).
T1-weighted sagittal images of the knee, showing a complex cystic swelling arising from the lateral Hoffa's fat pad.
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F2
T1-weighted and hyperintense on T2-weighted images (Fig. 2 and 3), without any connection with the lateral meniscus. There was no other intraarticular pathology noticed on the MRI scan.
T2-weighted sagittal images of the knee, showing a complex cystic swelling arising from the lateral Hoffa's fat pad.
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F3
T1-weighted and hyperintense on T2-weighted images (Fig. 2 and 3), without any connection with the lateral meniscus. There was no other intraarticular pathology noticed on the MRI scan.
Intraoperative picture showing complex, multilobulated soft-tissue mass arising from the lateral Hoffa's fat pad.
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F4
A large multilobulated cystic lesion was found coming from lateral HFP through the patellar retinaculum to the subcutaneous tissue (Fig. 4).
A large excised ganglion cyst.
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F5
It was 6 cm x 3 cm in size (Fig. 5).