RECURRENT SYNOVIAL CHONDROMATOSIS TREATED WITH MENISECTOMY AND SYNOVECTOMY

Synovial chondromatosis is a rare benign intraarticular metaplasia of synovium. This process may result in the production of detached partic les of highly cellular cartilage in the involved joint spaces. It is m ost often reported in the larger joints of the body including the knee , hip, elbow, and ankle. Since Axhausen in 1933 reported the first cas e affecting the temporomandibular joint, several articles have been li sted in the literature regarding the presentation, diagnosis, and mana gement of this form of an arthropathy. This is a case of a recurrent s ynovial chondromatosis that was approached with a meniscectomy and a c omplete syn ovectomy.