title: [Pigmented villonodular synovitis].
abstract: During a 8-year period, recurrent swelling of the right knee-joint was observed in a 31-year-old female. Although only minimal pain was present, flexion of the knee-joint was severely limited. Bearing in mind the extent of the swelling, the initial diagnostic procedures were suggestive of a malignant neoplasm. Biopsy of the knee-joint led however to the diagnosis of a pigmented villo-nodular synovitis. The postoperative course after synovectomy of the knee-joint was uneventful. Although benign, this lesion has to be followed-up closely, due to the recurrence-rate of 33%.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D013585:Synovitis / Q000601:surgery*; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Die pigmentierte villo-noduläre Synovialitis.