Open AccessBilateral generalised synovial chondromatosis of the knee: Bone scintigraphic demonstration with radiologic correlation
Author(s) -
Tarık Elri,
Mehmet Çabuk,
Yavuz Salihoğlu,
Rabiye Uslu Erdemir,
İsmail Şerifoğlu
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
indian journal of nuclear medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 0972-3919
pISSN - 0974-0244
DOI - 10.4103/0972-3919.181860
Subject(s) - medicine , synovial chondromatosis , bone scintigraphy , presentation (obstetrics) , scintigraphy , radiology , nuclear medicine , pathology , temporomandibular joint
A 67-year-old woman with a history of bilateral progressive knee pain and swelling was referred for (99m)Tc-methyl diphosphonate bone scintigraphy. Flow and blood pool images showed bilateral heterogeneous increased uptake and delayed phase revealed mass-looking lobulated heterogeneous increased activity in both of knees extending distal part of the femoral shaft, but no other pathologic uptake was found in rest of the body. A diagnosis of synovial chondromatosis was made when correlated with X-ray and computed tomography.(CT) images. This is a rare presentation of generalized synovial chondromatosis involving both knees which demonstrated on bone scintigraphy with X-ray and CT correlation.