Localized pigmented villonodular synovitis in a child knee.


Atik O. S., Bozkurt H. H., Ozcan E., Bahadir B., UÇAR M., Ogut B., ...More

Eklem hastaliklari ve cerrahisi = Joint diseases & related surgery, vol.28, no.1, pp.46-9, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

Abstract

Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a benign proliferative tumor of the synovium. It is very rare, and most cases occur in the knee joint. In this article, we report a case of localized pigmented villonodular synovitis in the knee joint of a 14- yearold boy. This condition is rare in the knees of the children. We preferred to remove the tumor with arthrotomy instead of arthroscopy for two reasons: (i) the patient was obese, (ii) we thought that recurrence risk was high after arthrotomy.