TY - JOUR
AR - IJSCR-2019-1-105
TI - Synovial chondromatosis masquerading as a para-meniscal cyst of the knee
AU - R F, Adam
AU -  R George , Brice
AU - Chary , Duraikannu
AU - K P , Iyengar 
AU - Michael, Greenhalgh
JO - International Journal of Surgical Case Reports
PY - 2019
DA - Tue 23, Jul 2019
SN - 2674-4171
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.IJSCR.2019.01.05
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/synovial-chondromatosis-masquerading-as-a-para-meniscal-cyst-of-the-knee_IJSCR-2019-1-105 
KW - Knee, synovial chondromatosis, para meniscal cyst, magnetic Resonance Imaging, knee arthroscopy
AB - Synovial chondromatosis and parameniscal cysts are well documented pathologies around the knee joint.
We present an unusual presentation of synovial chondromatosis masquerading as a parameniscal cyst of the
knee. The patient was an 82-year old gentleman seen in our knee clinic with painful swelling over medial
aspect of the right knee, no history of injury and with symptoms of a locked knee. Clinico-radiological
features were suggestive of a binary pathology of a meniscal tear and multi-locular cyst of the knee. An
arthroscopic assisted open excision of the cystic lesion allowed clinical recovery with histological
confirmation of benign synovial chondromatosis.
We highlight the challenges in our case with the overlap of diagnostic features of both synovial and meniscal
pathology with surgical management of this patient.