Diseases

Synovial Chondromatosis

Rare, benign, chronic, progressive metaplasia in which cartilage is formed in the synovial membranes of joints, tendon sheaths, or bursae. Some of the metaplastic foci can become detached producing loose bodies. When the loose bodies undergo secondary calcification, the condition is called synovial osteochondromatosis.

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Rare, benign, chronic, progressive metaplasia in which cartilage is formed in the synovial membranes of joints, tendon sheaths, or bursae. Some of the metaplastic foci can become detached producing loose bodies. When the loose bodies undergo secondary calcification, the condition is called synovial osteochondromatosis.

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Synonyms

18 entry terms
  • Chondromatosis, Synovial
  • Henderson-Jones Syndrome
  • Reichel's Syndrome
  • Synovial Chondrometaplasia
  • Chondromatoses, Synovial
  • Chondrometaplasia, Synovial
  • Chondrometaplasias, Synovial
  • Henderson Jones Syndrome
  • Reichel Syndrome
  • Reichels Syndrome
  • Syndrome, Henderson-Jones
  • Syndrome, Reichel's
  • Synovial Chondromatoses
  • Synovial Chondrometaplasias
  • Osteochondromatosis, Synovial
  • Synovial Osteochondromatosis
  • Osteochondromatoses, Synovial
  • Synovial Osteochondromatoses

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

non-neoplastic progressive joint metaplasia

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  • Chondroma (1966-1989)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Synovial Chondromatosis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015838. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015838
  2. Synovial Chondromatosis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synovial_chondromatosis
  3. Synovial Chondromatosis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2376149