title: Synovial hemangioma: a rare benign synovial lesion.
abstract: We report an unusual case of a 10-year-old female with complaints of pain and swelling of the right knee for the last 4 years along with the limitation of movement for last 1 year. Repeated fine needle aspirations yielded blood and a provisional diagnosis of hemarthrosis was suggested. Coagulation profile subsequently carried out was found to be within normal limits. Arthroscopic biopsy was performed and tissue was sent for histopathological examination. A diagnosis of synovial hemangioma was made. Subtotal synovectomy was performed and the lesion was completely excised. The patient is completely asymptomatic and shows no signs of recurrence at 1 year.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VMMC and Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Geetika
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Khanna
authors.forename: Anu
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gupta
authors.forename: Vikas
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000074402:Synovectomy; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology*