The Journal of the Korean Bone and Joint Tumor Society  2013;19(2):69-73

doi:10.5292/jkbjts.2013.19.2.69

Surgical Treatment of Multiple Rice Bodies in Chronic Subacromial and Subdeltoid Bursitis: A Case Report.

Do Young KIM 1 ; Jung Taek HWANG ; Sang Soo LEE ; Eun Min SEO ; Yoon Geol JO

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Keywords

rice body; subacromial and subdeltoid bursitis; bursectomy

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Multiple rice body formation is a complication of chronic bursitis frequently associated with seronegative rheumatoid arthritis or tuberculosis. It resembles synovial chondromatosis on imaging and clinically. We report on a pathologically diagnosed multiple rice body formation in subacromial and subdeltoid bursitis in a 44-year-old man who was treated by surgical removal and bursectomy. At 16 months after the removal, range of motion of affected shoulder was normal. No evidence of recurrence of rice body in plain X-ray and ultrasonography. Multiple rice body formed in chronic subacromial and subdeltoid bursitis could be treated with surgical removal and bursectomy successfully.