title: Case report 878: Densely calcifying synovial sarcoma of the hip metastatic to the lungs.
abstract: We discuss a patient with an occult, densely calcified synovial sarcoma of the hip who came to clinical attention because of pulmonary metastases. When synovial sarcomas present with dense and conglomerate calcification, they may be confused with benign processes such as myositis ossificans or tumoral calcinosis. Malignancies such as extraskeletal osteogenic sarcoma, extraskeletal chondrosarcoma, and mesenchymal chondrosarcoma must also be considered in the differential diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Sciences, UCLA Center for the Health Sciences 90024.
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Maxwell
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Eckardt
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Doberneck
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006615:Hip / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D011859:Radiography; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology