Synovial Osteochondromatosis of the Shoulder Joint

Synovial osteochondromatosis of the shoulder: Case report and literature review.

Synovial Osteochondromatosis at the Carpometacarpal Joint of the Thumb

Synovial osteochondromatosis (SOC) is a benign tumor characterized by synovial connective tissue metaplasia. SOC commonly affects major joints including the knee followed by the hip, elbow, and wrist. SOC cases in the hand are not reported as often as SOC of major joints. Particularly SOC of the carpometacarpal joint of the thumb is rare. We report on a 57-year-old female with primary SOC of th...

Synovial rupture of shoulder joint.

live long enough for a planned surgical procedure to be instituted. Up to 1961 only 21 successful pulmonary embolectomies had been reported in the world literature, but since the introduction of cardiopulmonary bypass by Sharp (1962) a large number of successful embolectomies have been reported from many centres (Beale and Cooley, 1965; Cross and Mowlem, 1967; Barraclough and Baimbridge, 1967)....

Synovial osteochondromatosis of the elbow.

We present 12 patients with synovial osteochondromatosis of the elbow treated by synovectomy. Histological review showed that seven cases were primary and five secondary osteochondromatosis. The patients with primary disease had a mean improvement in the flexion arc from a preoperative value of 40 degrees to 123 degrees to 5 degrees to 128 degrees when reviewed at a mean of nine years after ope...

Arthroscopic treatment of synovial chondromatosis of the shoulder joint: case report and review

 Abstract Two cases (20 and 15 years old) of shoulder joint synovial chondromatosis were initially treated with arthroscopic debridement. One was further treated with a second arthroscopy and partial synovectomy (case 1) the second was fully treated by arthroscopic surgery (case 2). The postoperative control X- ray revealed no loose body and the joint was normal. One of the cases (case 1) was a...