Synovial osteochondromatosis in a 14-year-old boy with a history of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease

Radiol Case Rep. 2017 Mar 6;12(2):405-408. doi: 10.1016/j.radcr.2017.01.021. eCollection 2017 Jun.

Abstract

We describe a case of a 14-year-old boy with a history of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease diagnosed at the age of 6 years and development of synovial osteochondromatosis of the same hip joint 7 years later. Synovial osteochondromatosis is very rare in children, and to the best of our knowledge, only a single case of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease and secondary synovial osteochondromatosis was described in the literature in a 35-year-old male, making this the first reported case of Legg-Calve-Perthes disease with development of synovial osteochondromatosis in a pediatric patient.

Keywords: Legg–Calve–Perthes disease; Secondary synovial osteochondromatosis; Synovial chondromatosis; Synovial osteochondromatosis.

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