CHONDROSARCOMA COMPLICATING SYNOVIAL CHONDROMATOSIS - FINDINGS WITH MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING

Authors
ONTELL F GREENSPAN A
Citation
F. Ontell et A. Greenspan, CHONDROSARCOMA COMPLICATING SYNOVIAL CHONDROMATOSIS - FINDINGS WITH MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING, Canadian Association of Radiologists journal, 45(4), 1994, pp. 318-323
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Canadian Association of Radiologists journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
08465371
Volume
45
Issue
4
Year of publication
1994
Pages
318 - 323
Database
ISI
SICI code
0846-5371(1994)45:4<318:CCSC-F>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
A 64-year-old man with a tender mass at the ankle was found to have ch ondrosarcoma complicating synovial chondromatosis. Malignancy was susp ected on the basis of the clinical presentation rather than the findin gs in plain radiographs or magnetic resonance images. Chondrosarcoma a rising in synovial chondromatosis is very rare. Misinterpreting the la tter condition as malignant and the former as benign can be problemati c, and the importance of distinguishing the two entities is discussed.