title: Exceptionally aggressive pigmented villonodular synovitis of the hip unresponsive to radiotherapy.
abstract: Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a rare benign neoplastic proliferation of synovial tissue which is typically localised and usually responds well to surgery and/or radiotherapy. We present a case of unusually aggressive of PVNS of the hip in a 73-year-old woman.
authors.affiliation: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gayton Road, King's Lynn, Norfolk PE30 4ET, UK.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jeffery
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013583:Synovial Membrane / Q000473:pathology; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy; D017211:Treatment Failure