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Definition: Rare, benign, chronic, progressive metaplasia in which cartilage is formed in the synovial membranes of joints, tendon sheaths, or bursae. Some of the metaplastic foci can become detached producing loose bodies. When the loose bodies undergo secondary calcification, the condition is called synovial osteochondromatosis. |
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Synonyms: - Chondromatoses, Synovial
- Chondrometaplasia, Synovial
- Chondrometaplasias, Synovial
- Henderson Jones Syndrome
- Henderson-Jones Syndrome
- Osteochondromatoses, Synovial
- Osteochondromatosis, Synovial
- Reichel Syndrome
- Reichel's Syndrome
- Reichels Syndrome
- Syndrome, Henderson-Jones
- Syndrome, Reichel's
- Synovial Chondromatoses
- Synovial Chondromatosis
- Synovial Chondrometaplasia
- Synovial Chondrometaplasias
- Synovial Osteochondromatoses
- Synovial Osteochondromatosis
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