QUICK PICK FROM WHAT WE ARE READING: HOFFA’S FAT PAD GIANT GANGLION CYST
“Ganglia are myxoid lesions of unknown cause which are characterised by dense connective tissue filled with gelatinous fluid… Unlike synovial cysts, ganglia do not communicate with the joint space and lack a cellular lining. Ganglia around the knee can occur at any tendon insertion, but are most common at the tendon insertion of the medial and lateral gastrocnemius and the popliteus. It is rare to find them originating in infrapatellar Hoffa’s fat pad.
It( Ganglia) can occur anywhere, intra or extra-articular, beside an articular cartridge, a ligament, a tendon sheath or bursa, inside the subchondral bone, a fatty tissue or a muscle .”