title: Pigmented villonodular synovitis in a child.
abstract: The authors present a case of pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) in an adolescent with monarticular involvement of the ankle and without congenital anomalies or sibling involvement. Its rarity in the ankle and in childhood is discussed; a review of the clinical, radiological, and pathological features of PVNS is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedics, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Soifer
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guirguis
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Vigorita
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Bryk
mesh_terms: D000842:Ankle; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery