title: Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the elbow in a 6-year-old girl: a case report.
abstract: Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the elbow is rare and even rarer in children. We report a case of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the elbow in a 6-year-old girl who underwent total synovectomy after the diagnosis was confirmed by biopsy. The osteochondral defect at the olecranon was filled with calcium phosphate bone paste. Two years after surgery, neither recurrence nor joint degeneration was found.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Minami-kawachi, Kawachi, Tochigi, Japan. hsekiya@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sekiya
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ozawa
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sugimoto
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kariya
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hoshino
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004551:Elbow Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011859:Radiography; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*