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Fed Pract. 2018 Apr;35(4):45-48.

Synovial Chondromatosis: An Unusual Case of Knee Pain and Swelling.

Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS

Melissa Moates Grace, Eric J Letonoff

Affiliations

  1. is an Orthopedic Surgery Staff Nurse and is a Staff Orthopedic Surgeon, both at Gulf Coast Health Care System in Biloxi, Mississippi.

PMID: 30766354 PMCID: PMC6368054

Abstract

Although it is an uncommon cause of knee pain and swelling, synovial chondromatosis should be included in the differential diagnosis when evaluating adults aged 30 years to 50 years with knee pain of insidious onset.

Conflict of interest statement

Author disclosures The authors report no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

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