OSTEOCHONDROMA OF THE PROXIMAL HUMERUS WITH FRICTIONAL BURSITIS AND SECONDARY SYNOVIAL OSTEOCHONDROMATOSIS

JBR-BTR. 2015 Jan-Feb;98(1):45-7. doi: 10.5334/jbr-btr.754.

Abstract

We report a case of multiple hereditary exostosis in a 33-year old patient with clinical symptoms of pain and impression of a growing mass of the left shoulder alerting potential risk of malignant transformation of an osteochondroma. Imaging studies illustrated perilesional bursitis surrounding an osteochondroma of the proximal humerus. Malignant transformation was excluded with MRI. Fragments of the osteochondroma were dislocated in the inflammatory synovial bursa illustrating a case of secondary synovial osteochondromatosis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bursitis / etiology*
  • Chondromatosis, Synovial / etiology*
  • Exostoses, Multiple Hereditary
  • Humans
  • Humerus / pathology*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Osteochondroma / pathology*