title: Arthroscopic treatment of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the shoulder.
abstract: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) rarely affects the shoulder. Fewer than 30 cases have been reported in the English and French language literature. In those patients, PVNS was treated by open surgery involving total or local synovectomy, sometimes associated with total shoulder replacement, cuff tear repair, or arthroplastic head resection. The authors report 2 cases of PVNS of the shoulder treated arthroscopically and discuss the advantages and limitations of this technique in the treatment of shoulder PVNS.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery, Bezons Hospital, Paris, France. xaviermahieu@hotmail.com
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Mahieu
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chaouat
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hardy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001182:Arthroscopy; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012785:Shoulder Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013585:Synovitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed