title: Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the extensor tendon sheaths in a child.
abstract: The first case of diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis originating in the extensor tendon sheaths of the hand in childhood is reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Centralsygehuset i Hillerod, Denmark.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hansen
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Wahlin
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology*; D013585:Synovitis / Q000473:pathology*; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000473:pathology*; D013710:Tendons / Q000473:pathology*