Mineralized fibroma of the tendon sheath presenting as a bursitis

Skeletal Radiol. 2008 Dec;37(12):1141-5. doi: 10.1007/s00256-008-0563-z. Epub 2008 Aug 7.

Abstract

We report on the clinical, imaging-including ultrasound, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance imaging-and histological features of a fibroma of the tendon sheath with mineralized chondroid and osseous metaplasia, presenting as a semimembranosus bursitis. The anatomical characteristics of the semimembranosus bursa are demonstrated by dissection in a cadaveric specimen and correlated with the imaging findings in our patient.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bursa, Synovial / pathology
  • Bursa, Synovial / surgery
  • Bursitis / diagnosis
  • Bursitis / etiology*
  • Calcinosis / diagnosis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Fibroma / complications
  • Fibroma / diagnosis*
  • Fibroma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Knee Joint* / diagnostic imaging
  • Knee Joint* / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / complications
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tendons / diagnostic imaging
  • Tendons / pathology*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Ultrasonography