Hamilton, in "Principles and Practice of Surgery," says, "synovitis may be caused by exposure to cold, or may occur as a consequence of a rheumatic, strumous, or syphilitic cachexia, as a gonorrhoeal complication, as a sequela of fevers, and from many other causes, whose relation to the disease in question may not always be easily determined."
"Report on Surgery to the Santa Clara County Medical Society"
Joseph Bradford Cox
Treatment is conducted on the same lines as in teno-synovitis of the tendo Achillis.
"Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities--Head--Neck. Sixth Edition."
Alexander Miles Alexis Thomson
Necrosis of tendon, of ligament, or of cartilage, caries of the bone, or a condition of synovitis and arthritis may be met with.
"Diseases of the Horse's Foot"
Harry Caulton Reeks