Regrowing Synovial Chondromatosis in a Cervical Facet Joint with Radiculopathy.
10.14245/kjs.2012.9.3.253
- Author:
Jae Suk HAN
1
;
Seung Hoon LEE
;
Eun Sang KIM
;
Whan EOH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. w.eoh@samsung.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Cervical facet;
Radiculopathy;
Regrowing;
Synovial Chondromatosis
- MeSH:
Chondromatosis, Synovial;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Radiculopathy;
Spine;
Synovial Membrane;
Young Adult;
Zygapophyseal Joint
- From:Korean Journal of Spine
2012;9(3):253-256
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Synovial chondromatosis (SC) in the spine is rare. There are few reports of associated cervical radiculopathy and there has not been a case reported of regrowing cervical SC. Here we report a 21-year-old man with a SC of a cervical facet joint that extended into the intervertebral foramen and compressed the cervical nerve root. The same symptom developed three years following the first operation. Computed tomography (CT) scans and Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed multiple calcified nodules anterior to the right facet joint of C6-7 that extended into the intervertebral foramen. A mass removal was performed just as in the previous operation with a subtotal facetectomy. When vertebral SC is suspected, complete removal involving the bone and synovium should be considered as the standard treatment option.
