Both patients presented with unilateral oculomotor paralysis and minor associated neurological symptoms. One patient had pupillary involvement suggestive f a peripheral third nerve lesion. Computed tomography evaluation disclosed small unilateral anterior mesencephalic hematomas involving the oculomotor fascicle. Angiography in both cases and surgery in the first case disclosed no evidence of an arteriovenous malformation or neoplasm. Both patients showed significant clinical improvement within 3 months.
Synovitis: Related Medical Conditions. To research the causes of Synovitis, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Synovitis: 1  Arthritis. 2  Lupus. 3  Gout. 4  Osteoarthritis. 5  Tenosynovitis.
In a way, it's a fancy term for arthritis, which means joint inflammation. But there is a difference between synovitis and arthritis. Synovitis describes prominent joint inflammation in which the most dramatic inflammation is of the synovium. This is a thin layer of cells that lines our joints. Some types of arthritis, such as osteoarthritis, cause little if any synovial inflammation.