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ArticleSkeletal radiology2017

Calcified synovial metastasis in the knee from renal cell carcinoma: a case report.

Michael McConnell, Rajendra Kumar, Behrang Amini, Patrick P Lin, Wei-Lien Wang

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Article in Skeletal radiology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Michael McConnellDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515- Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1475, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Rajendra KumarDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515- Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1475, Houston, TX, 77030, USA. radiokumar@hotmail.com.
Behrang AminiDepartment of Diagnostic Radiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1515- Holcombe Blvd, Unit 1475, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Patrick P LinDepartment of Orthopaedic Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
Wei-Lien WangDepartment of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We present the case of an 83-year-old man who had painful swelling of right knee for 6 months. Radiographs showed a large intra-articular soft-tissue mass with small calcifications, whereas MRI detected a multilobulated intra-articular tumor with bone erosions at the distal femur. Histopathology of ultrasound-guided biopsy specimen of the synovial mass revealed it to be a poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma. Abdominal computed tomography with intravenous contrast medium administration found a heterogeneously enhancing large right renal mass with calcifications, which was shown to be a renal cell carcinoma on histopathology. No metastases were found elsewhere. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case with MRI findings of a calcified intra-articular synovial metastasis from renal cell carcinoma.

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Knee JointMagnetic Resonance ImagingAged, 80 and overCalcinosisCarcinoma, Renal CellContrast MediaDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansImage-Guided BiopsyKidney NeoplasmsMaleSarcoma, SynovialContrast MediaCalcified intra-articular metastasisCalcified renal cell carcinomaCalcified synovial tumorSynovial metastasis

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