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Intermetatarsal bursa primary synovial chondromatosis: case report and review of the literature

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Primary synovial chondromatosis is a benign neoplastic process, occurring mostly in large joints, more rarely in tendon sheaths, and extremely uncommonly in bursae. We describe a patient with primary synovial chondromatosis arising in the fourth intermetatarsal bursa. Knowledge of the bursal anatomy of the forefoot, and of characteristic imaging findings and the pathogenesis of synovial chondromatosis, is essential in including this uncommon entity in the differential when occurring in unusual locations.

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Nawar Hakim, Department of Pathology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso—Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 5001 El Paso Drive, CSB-A02, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA

    Manuel Trevino, Shaked Laks, Dinesh K. Sundarakumar & Crysela M. Smith

  2. Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation, Texas Tech University Health Science Center at El Paso—Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, 5001 El Paso Drive, CSB-A02, El Paso, TX, 79905, USA

    Lisa Kafchinski

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Trevino, M., Laks, S., Kafchinski, L. et al. Intermetatarsal bursa primary synovial chondromatosis: case report and review of the literature. Skeletal Radiol 46, 1769–1773 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-017-2765-8

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