[Oleoma of the knee. A clinical case]

Minerva Chir. 1993 Mar 31;48(6):301-4.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

Authors describe clinical and anatomo-pathological features of a case of oleoma of the left knee, repaired with success through the rotation of a muscular flap of lateral gastrocnemius and application of dermo-epidermal graft. Postoperative follow-up was regular; prompt healing and morpho-functional restoration of involved structures was complete.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body* / etiology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body* / pathology
  • Granuloma, Foreign-Body* / surgery
  • Humans
  • Joint Diseases / etiology
  • Joint Diseases / pathology
  • Joint Diseases / surgery
  • Knee Joint* / pathology
  • Knee Joint* / surgery
  • Male
  • Pharmaceutical Vehicles / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Pharmaceutical Vehicles