title: Wrist synovial chondromatosis: case report and literature review.
abstract: Primary synovial chondromatosis is a proliferation of cartilaginous bodies within the synovial membrane, tendon sheath or bursa. It is a rare orthopaedic entity especially when it occurs in the distal radioulnar joint. We report a 27-year-old man with recurrent synovial chondromatosis, nine years after his first operation. Although rare, synovial chondromatosis must be considered in the differential diagnosis in a patient with pain and swelling of the distal radioulnar joint. From our literature review, we report a 17% (5/30) recurrence rate for synovial chondromatosis involving the wrist joint which has not been documented in the medical literature previously.
authors: Department of Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain. merce83@hotmail.com
authors: Maria Mercedes
authors: MM
authors: Reverté Vinaixa
authors: Rahul
authors: R
authors: Singh
authors: Joan Minguell
authors: JM
authors: Monyart
authors: Gemma Duarri
authors: GD
authors: Llado
authors: Manuel Pérez
authors: MP
authors: Dominguez
authors: Enric Castellet
authors: EC
authors: Feliu
authors: Joan
authors: J
authors: Nardi Vilardaga
authors: Enric Caceres
authors: EC
authors: Palou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015838:Chondromatosis, Synovial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014955:Wrist Joint / Q000601:surgery