Glenohumeral Synovial Chondromatosis

J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2016 Sep;46(9):809. doi: 10.2519/jospt.2016.0414.

Abstract

A 20-year-old, right hand-dominant man reported to physical therapy with a history of deep anterior left shoulder pain. Radiographs, which were obtained after physical therapy was initiated, and subsequent magnetic resonance imaging showed the presence of numerous radio-opaque loose bodies that followed bone signal characteristics dispersed throughout the glenohumeral joint, leading to a diagnosis of synovial chondromatosis. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther 2016;46(9):809. doi:10.2519/jospt.2016.0414.

Keywords: magnetic resonance imaging; radiography; shoulder; upper extremity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Arthroscopy
  • Chondromatosis, Synovial / diagnostic imaging*
  • Chondromatosis, Synovial / surgery
  • Exercise Therapy
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Shoulder Joint* / diagnostic imaging
  • Shoulder Pain / etiology*
  • Young Adult