Ijaz Amin, Wajida Perveen
Affiliation: Sialkot College of Physical Therapy, Amin Welfare & Teaching Hospital, Defense Road, Sialkot, Pakistan
Correspondence: Wajida Perveen, Sialkot College of Physical Therapy, Amin Welfare & Teaching Hospital, Defense Road, Sialkot, Pakistan; E-mail: wajopri@gmail.com, wjda_noor@yahoo.com; Phone: +92-333-3507157
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A 56 yrs old female consulted orthopedic OPD with complaints of pain, swelling and frequent locking of the knee joint with grating sounds. There was no history of trauma. She was postmenopausal since last three years. On examination hard masses were palpable on posterior aspect of the knee and in supra patellar area. On radiological examination, multiple loose bodies were found around the knee joint along with grade-III osteoarthritis (Figures 1 & 2).
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On loose bodies were found around the knee joint along with grade-III osteoarthritis (Figures 1 & 2). On correlation of clinical picture and radiological findings diagnosis was confirmed to be ‘synovial chondromatosis’.1
The loose bodies can be removed either alone or by arthroscopic synovectomy; but there are chances of recurrence with removal of loose bodies alone.2
REFERENCES
Affiliation: Sialkot College of Physical Therapy, Amin Welfare & Teaching Hospital, Defense Road, Sialkot, Pakistan
Correspondence: Wajida Perveen, Sialkot College of Physical Therapy, Amin Welfare & Teaching Hospital, Defense Road, Sialkot, Pakistan; E-mail: wajopri@gmail.com, wjda_noor@yahoo.com; Phone: +92-333-3507157
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A 56 yrs old female consulted orthopedic OPD with complaints of pain, swelling and frequent locking of the knee joint with grating sounds. There was no history of trauma. She was postmenopausal since last three years. On examination hard masses were palpable on posterior aspect of the knee and in supra patellar area. On radiological examination, multiple loose bodies were found around the knee joint along with grade-III osteoarthritis (Figures 1 & 2).
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On loose bodies were found around the knee joint along with grade-III osteoarthritis (Figures 1 & 2). On correlation of clinical picture and radiological findings diagnosis was confirmed to be ‘synovial chondromatosis’.1
The loose bodies can be removed either alone or by arthroscopic synovectomy; but there are chances of recurrence with removal of loose bodies alone.2
REFERENCES
- Vaishya R, Vijay V, Agarwal AK. Multiple stones in the knee. Apollo Medicine. 2016 Mar 1;13(1):69-70
- Ogilvie-Harris DJ, Saleh K. Generalized synovial chondromatosis of the knee: a comparison of removal of the loose bodies alone with arthroscopic synovectomy. Arthroscopy: The Journal of Arthroscopic & Related Surgery. 1994 Apr 1;10(2):166-7