Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis: A case report
10.4055/jkoa.1972.7.1.167
- Author:
Tack Hee KIM
;
Tai Jung OH
;
Key Yong KIM
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Female;
Follow-Up Studies;
Humans;
Knee Joint;
Recurrence;
Synovitis;
Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
- From:The Journal of the Korean Orthopaedic Association
1972;7(1):167-170
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A case of pigmented villondular synovitis is reported in a 32 years old woman, who exhibited bulbulous supra-patellar bulging with dull pain on the right knee joint. Aspiration yielded thick purplish brown effusion from the knee joint and roentgenologically negative. Synovectomy through two seperate para-patellar incision were carried out, and no recurrence of symptom was demonstrable in 2 years post-operative follow-up. A brief summary of literatures is Submitted.
