Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement for an Enchondroma with Concomitant Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy: A Case Report

Park,  Bong Ju; An,  Ki Yong; Choi,  Yong Suk

doi:2017.20.2.100

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Case Report

Clinics in Shoulder and Elbow 2017;20(2):100-104.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5397/cise.2017.20.2.100 Published online June 30, 2017.

Reverse Total Shoulder Replacement for an Enchondroma with Concomitant Rotator Cuff Tear Arthropathy: A Case Report

Bong Ju Park, Ki Yong An, Yong Suk Choi

Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Gwangju Veterans Hospital, Gwangju, Korea. mdaky@hanmail.net

Received: 4 January 2017 • Revised: 27 February 2017 • Accepted: 1 March 2017

Abstract

Enchondromas generally occur in the hand and uncommonly in the long bones. Because enchondromas are usually asymptomatic, most are discovered during diagnostic radiology for another disease. Here, we describe a case of enchondroma in the right humerus in a 79-year-old female patient with concomitant rotator cuff tear arthropathy. The patient was initially hospitalized for prolonged pain and pseudoparalysis of the right shoulder. The condition, which was histologically confirmed as an enchondroma in the proximal humerus, was treated with curettage and reverse total shoulder arthroplasty. In this case report, we present a rare case of an enchondroma with combined rotator cuff tear arthropathy.

Key Words: Humerus; Enchondroma; Rotator cuff tear arthropathy; Total shoulder replacement