title: Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle in an adolescent.
abstract: We report a case of pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) in an adolescent with monarticular involvement of the ankle and without congenital anomalies or sibling involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Juntendo University Izunagaoka Hospital, Tagata, Shizuoka, Japan. orthop-jun-izu@mx5.ttcn.ne.jp
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kaneko
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tobe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwase
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ohbayashi
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kurosawa
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000842:Ankle / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery