title: [Pigmented villonodular synovitis].
abstract: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a comparatively rare disease of which some 2000 case reports are found in the international literature. PVNS should nevertheless be considered in the differential diagnosis of mono- and oligoarthritis. Three further cases of PVNS are presented in which the diagnosis was confirmed histologically. The clinical, X-ray, laboratory and histologic findings in PVNS, and the differential diagnosis and aetiology are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013585:Synovitis / Q000473:pathology*; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Beitrag zur pigmentierten villonodulären Synovitis.