title: Chronic synovitis after synovial sarcoma resection: a case report.
abstract: We present a diagnostic course and treatment of synovial sarcoma in a young 16-year-old male patient. The clinical course with special emphasis on the imaging techniques is presented here, providing an overview of this subject and offering a useful educative material. The course of the follow-up is also described, largely relying on MRI in diagnosis course. Changes in the synovial tissue of the knee were recorded, later to be classified as the sarcoma. Post-operative course suggested the existence of chronic synovitis. Further studies are needed to fully understand the changes that may affect knee mechanics after surgery and/or inflammation factors secreted by tumor cells.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina. miro.miljko@tel.net.ba
authors.forename: Miro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miljko
authors.forename: Mirela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carapina
authors.forename: Jerko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Prlić
authors.forename: Dalibor
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Arapović
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D013584:Sarcoma, Synovial / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013585:Synovitis / Q000209:etiology*