%0 Journal Article %T Condrometaplasia tenosinovial extraarticular %A P¨¦rez Rivera %A Orlando Manuel %A Sarmiento de la Guardia %A Mario %A Ortiz Rivera %A Tomas %A P¨¦rez Rivera %A Ricardo Mauro %A Ortiz Estanque %A Elisabeth %J Revista Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatolog£¿-a %D 2009 %I Editorial Ciencias M¨¦dicas %X tenosynovitis chondromatosis is a benign idiopathic metaplasia os sinovial membrane. it is characterized by formation of cartilaginous nodules in synovial membrane and in the articular cavity. extra-articular location is an infrequent finding. predominant symptoms are: pain, inflammation and movements limitation. the more effective diagnostic methods include radiology, computed tomography, magnetic resonance and echography. this is a new case of extra-articular tensosynovial chondromatosis where diagnostic images are included, as well as the treatment applied and histological results. also, a review of medical literature on this subject is offered. %K extra-articular tensosynovial chondrometaplasia %K osteochondromatosis %K synovial chondromatosis. %U http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0864-215X2009000200006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en