Abstract
Synovial chondromatosis is a rare condition characterized by the presence of osteocartilaginous loose bodies in articular joints, bursae, or tendon sheaths. Multiple case reports describe synovial chondromatosis in the knee, hip, elbow, wrist, ankle, and shoulder with the shoulder being the least common of these joints to be affected. All reports describe multiple small loose bodies but rarely describe of a single large loose body .We present a case of a 65 year old fe male patient who presented to us with with painless swelling over the right shoulder with radiological ndings of large loose body in the subacromial space and subdeltoid region. After no improvement with conservative treatment subtotal synovectomy and removal of loose body of size 2.5cm was done via anterior approach . At her 1 year follow-up examination she remained asymptomatic and there was no clinical or radiographic evidence of recurrence.
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