title: Diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the shoulder. A case report & review of literature.
abstract: The combination of a diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis and a rotator cuff tear of the shoulder in a 64-year-old man is described. The patient was treated by complete synovectomy, open repair of the rotator cuff tear and a Neer acromioplasty. Six months after this surgical treatment the patient was free of pain, and clinical examination revealed an almost normal range of motion.
authors.affiliation: Department of orthopedic surgery, H. Hart Ziekenhuis, Leuven, Belgium.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Mulier
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Victor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Van Den Bergh
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fabry
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed