1/4. Synovial osteochondromatosis of the suprapatellar bursa with an imperforate suprapatellar plica.Synovial osteochondromatosis is a rare disease characterized by cartilaginous and osseous metaplasia of the joint synovium. While it may affect practically any synovial joint, the knee is most often affected. An imperforate suprapatellar plica is also a rare finding in the knee. We report an exceptionally rare case of synovial osteochondromatosis of the knee characterized by isolated multiple loose bodies in the suprapatellar bursa caused by imperforate suprapatellar plica in a 52-year-old woman. The case was successfully treated by arthroscopic surgery. A worse-case scenario and possible diagnostic and therapeutic challenges are discussed.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
2/4. Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint: long-term postoperative follow-up of the residual calcification.Synovial chondromatosis of the temporomandibular joint is a rare disease, and extra-articular synovial condromatosis of the temporomandibular joint is even rarer. A review of the English literature from 1980 to 2000 has revealed 51 cases of synovial chondromatosis affecting the temporomandibular joint. We report a case of extra-articular synovial condromatosis, for which we carried out a long-term follow-up of the postoperative course using diagnostic images.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
3/4. Synovial chondromatosis of the knee joint: a rarity during childhood.Synovial chondromatosis is a rare disease, especially in children. We report on a 12-year old girl who suffered twice a knee trauma. She then developed an arthritis of her right knee joint and finally showed all signs of synovial chondromatosis arthroscopically. Treatment consisted of removal of loose as well as stalked chondromatous bodies by means of arthroscopy. According to Milgram (1975) the evolution of the disease progresses through three stages, starting with synovial metaplasia producing chondromas which are then shed into the joint. Kay, Freemont and Davies (1989) doubt this theory.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |
4/4. Synovial chondromatosis.Two patients were evaluated for a complaint of long-standing hip pain. No etiology of their progressively disabling symptoms was found by routine diagnostic studies. hip arthrography and arthrotomography in each case, however, demonstrated multiple intraarticular filling defects consistent with nonradiopaque loose bodies. These were subsequently confirmed at arthrotomy. Synovial chondromatosis is a rare disease in which intrasynovial cartilage metaplasia results in multiple intracapsular loose bodies. Its presence in plain radiographs is uncommon, but has been previously documented. This can account for frequent long delays in accurate diagnosis. arthrography and/or arthrotomography, however, can be key diagnostic tools. They are recommended in the evaluation of patients whose relatively normal initial clinical examination, laboratory, and roentgenographic studies fail to adequately explain the presence of genuinely disabling symptoms.- - - - - - - - - - ranking = 1keywords = rare disease (Clic here for more details about this article) |