Preliminary communication

Chronic Synovitis after Synovial Sarcoma Resection: A Case Report

Miro Miljko ; Institute of Radiology, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mirela Čarapina ; Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Jerko Prlić ; Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dalibor Arapović ; Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Mostar, Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina

Abstract

We present a diagnostic course and treatment of synovial sarcoma in a young 16-year-old male patient. The clinical course with special emphasis on the imaging techniques is presented here, providing an overview of this subject and offering a useful educative material. The course of the follow-up is also described, largely relying on MRI in diagnosis course. Changes in the synovial tissue of the knee were recorded, later to be classified as the sarcoma. Post-operative course suggested the existence of chronic synovitis. Further studies are needed to fully understand the changes that may affect knee mechanics after surgery and/or inflammation factors secreted by tumor cells.

Keywords

synovial sarcoma; chronic synovitis; knee joint

Hrčak ID:

51781

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/51781

Publication date:

25.3.2010.

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