Ankle synovitis is a condition characterized by inflammation of the soft tissue lining the ankle joint capsule known as the synovium with subsequent ankle swelling pain and stiffness.
Medial gutter synovitis.
Pigmented villonodular synovitis most frequently affects the knee and hip joints.
Therefore it is better to give preference to the right and high quality footwear.
Moderate right knee joint effusion with suprapatellar extension is seen.
The knee may need to be slightly flexed or the scope placed slightly more proximally to avoid the plica.
Medial gutter medial talomalleolar joint.
Talar dome osteochondral lesions anterior gutter.
How does the reactive synovitis of the ankle manifest itself.
Suprapatellar recess medial gutter lateral gutter and popliteal cyst if present and scores for four regions were summed for maximum possible score of 16.
The fact is that even uncomfortable and substandard footwear can cause synovitis.
Mr image shows suprapatellar recess that was assigned synovitis score of 4 4 by both readers.
These represent changes of synovitis.
Synovitis score range 0 4 was assigned on basis of percentage of joint area area within white line that was filled by frondlike hypertrophied synovium area within dashed red line.
Soft tissue thickening can be seen at the anteromedial aspect of the tibiotalar joint with signs of synovitis and osteophyte formation 1.
The lower leg comprises of 2 long bones known as the fibula and the tibia which are situated beside each other figure 1.
Joint was scored for synovitis in four regions.
In some cases an anteromedial plica may become a source of pathology for the knee joint.
These pathologic plica typically have significant thickening of the tissue or synovitis and may be associated with articular cartilage damage 1 2 if a large anteromedial plica is present it may be difficult to visualize the medial gutter directly.
To protect yourself from injuries and abrasions is not always possible.
The mediopatellar plica is also referred to as the medial plica plica synovialis patellaris iino band plica alaris synovial shelf or patellar meniscus.
Possible associated bone marrow edema in the medial malleolus and medial talus.
Hypointense signal seen on t1w t2w images in the thickened synovium with stranding of hoffa s fat pad and irregular hoffa s fat pad sign present.
