Synovial lipoma of the ankle and foot: a rare case report

Synovial lipomatosis is an extremely rare type of disease in which there excess adipose tissue involving the synovium layer joints or synovial sheath around tendons causing pain, paraesthesia, and weakness. The most common site being reported till now Knee joint parapatellar space other such as elbows shoulders are after knee joint, ankle rarely 2 cases have been English literature. We report a case 28-year-old male presenting with swelling right foot for 12 years developed symptoms pain tingling on toes 2-3 weeks. Multiple bony hard lesions were palpated base foot, ultrasonography (USG) showed subcutaneous lesion extensor fine needle aspiration cytology (FNAC) had picture cyst. Surgical excision was done histopathology to be fibrofatty multiple adipocytes suggesting lipoma arborescent.