Shoulder rheumatoid arthritis associated with chondromatosis, treated by arthroscopy

Synovial chondromatosis involving multiple joints in rheumatoid arthritis: A case report review of the literature

“…3 Synovial chondromatosis in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are reported. [4][5][6] To the best of our knowledge, multiple-joint synovial chondromatosis with RA has not been reported in the literature thus far. Here we present a 48-year-old man, a case of seropositive RA with secondary synovial chondromatosis involving multiple joints.…”

Potential utility of anti‐TNF drugs in synovial chondromatosis associated with ankylosing spondylitis

“…Not all cases had detailed clinical and therapeutic information. Four case reports of RA with SC in the English literature had RA duration of 6‐30 years . Three cases with RA had a single joint with SC, and 1 case had multiple joints with SC.…”

“…SC has also been reported in association with immune‐mediated inflammatory diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and relapsing polychondritis (RP) . However, SC has not been reported in association with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), to the best of our knowledge.…”

“…The exact prevalence of primary or secondary SC is unknown, but a few representative case series showed 38 SC cases of all inhabitants (127 000) population in Spain and 20 cases were primary SC, 136 cases of loose bodies in joints over 7 years at Hospital for Special Surgery in New York and 10 cases were primary SC, 4 cases of 107 synovial biopsies over 12 years in Hong Kong,78 of 30 000 orthopedic patients over 32 years at Birmingham Hospital in the UK . Associated SC conditions such as trauma (72 cases) degenerative joint diseases (44 cases) metabolic joint diseases (4 cases) immune inflammatory (9 reported casesand present case) and other diseases (15 cases) were previously reported. AS, ankylosing spondylitis; FOP, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive; LS, lumbar spondylolisthesis; OC, osteochondrom; OP, osteopoikilosis; PVNS, pigmented villonodular synovitis; RP, relapsing polychondritis…”

Arthroskopie des schultergelenks

“…Die Biopsie ist technisch einfach und mit einem geringen Zeitaufwand verbunden [56]. die M6glichkeit der Synovialisbiopsie die Indikation zur Arthroskopie.…”