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MR findings of synovial disease in children and young adults: Part 2

Pediatric Radiology volume 41, pages 512–524 (2011)Cite this article

Abstract

Synovium is the thin membranous lining of a joint. It produces synovial fluid, which lubricates and nourishes the cartilage and bone in the joint capsule. Synovial diseases in children can be classified as normal structures as potential sources of pathology (synovial folds: plicae, infrapatellar fat pad clefts), noninfectious synovial proliferation (juvenile idiopathic arthritis, hemophilic arthropathy, lipoma arborescens, synovial osteochondromatosis, pigmented villonodular synovitis, reactive synovitis), infectious synovial proliferation (pyogenic arthritis, tuberculous arthritis), deposition disease (gouty arthropathy), vascular malformation, malignancy (metastasis) and intra-/periarticular cysts and cyst-like structures. Other intra-articular neoplasms, such as intra-articular synovial sarcoma, can mimic synovial disease in children.

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    Hee K. Kim, Andrew M. Zbojniewicz, Arnold C. Merrow & Kathleen H. Emery

  2. Department of Radiology, Seoul National University Children’s Hospital, Seoul, South Korea

    Jung-Eun Cheon & In-One Kim

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Kim, H.K., Zbojniewicz, A.M., Merrow, A.C. et al. MR findings of synovial disease in children and young adults: Part 2. Pediatr Radiol 41, 512–524 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-011-2007-5

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Keywords

  • Synovial disease
  • MR
  • Children