Intraosseous ganglia when associated with osteoarthrosis may be difficult to divorce from large subchondral cysts. |
Subchondral cysts were noted to involve the bilateral capitates, the left hamate, and the right scaphoid. |
Joint destruction occurs with erosion of juxtaarticular bone around the margins of pannus and invasion of subchondral tissue by pannus. |
An anterior capsulotomy was then performed, followed by decortication of the subchondral bone neighboring the torn labrum. |
Theories include vascular insufficiency or micro-fractures of the subchondral plate, with synovial fluid being forced from the synovial space into the bone. |
It is characterized with joint cartilage degeneration, subchondral bone changes, and synovitis. |