Synovial cyst of the hip in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
A 67-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA; Steinblocker stage IV, class 4) who had RA onset at 34 years of age had anterior thigh pain, femoral neuropathy and lower abdominal pain. Physical examination showed multidirectional limit of motion, and radiographic examination showed destruction of the hip joint. MRI and arthrography indicated a cystic lesion that communicated with the hip joint. The rheumatoid synovial cyst was removed during total hip arthroplasty. The symptoms were relieved, and the mass was reduced in size.
Department of Orthopaedics, Tohoku Rosai Hospital, 4-3-21 Dainohara, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 981-8563, Japan. k-makoto@med.uoeh-u.ac.jp
Makoto
M
Kawasaki
Hisayoshi
H
Inoue
Ken
K
Sabanai
Takashi
T
Sawai
Katsumi
K
Sato
D000368:Aged; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip; D005260:Female; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013581:Synovial Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome