title: [Arthroscopic diagnosis of pigmented villous-nodular synovitis].
abstract: The paper is concerned with an analysis of the results of arthroscopy of the knee joint in 5 patients with pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS). Pathognomonic arthroscopic signs of PVNS like change in the coloring of the synovia, a typical "shaggy" appearance of the synovia, pasty consistence of villi without a vascular pattern were revealed. A conclusion was made that arthroscopy was the most effective method of PVNS diagnosis including the early stage.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011859:Radiography; D013585:Synovitis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Artroskopicheskaia diagnostika pigmentirovannogo villezno-noduliarnogosinovita.