[Chronic gait disorder caused by pigmented villonodular synovitis of the sole of the foot].
A 13 year old girl showed increasingly over one and a half year a gait disturbance suspected to be a progressive neurologic disorder. Laboratory tests and routine x-rays were normal. Soft tissue radiography finally demonstrated a dense area on the sole of the left foot which was excised and identified as a pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS). The girl is well now. Because PVNS is a rare disorder in childhood the diagnosis is seldom suspected and difficult; however, it should be considered as a cause for localised pain and its consequences.
Millner
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Universitäts-Kinderklinik, Graz.
Hausegger
K W
KW
Leitner
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D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000473:pathology; D000293:Adolescent; D002111:Calcaneus / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D005684:Gait; D006801:Humans; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D013585:Synovitis / Q000473:pathology*; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000473:pathology*
Chronische Gangstörung infolge einer pigmentierten villonodulären Synovitis an der Fusssohle.