title: Localized pigmented villonodular synovitis in a child knee.
abstract: Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a benign proliferative tumor of the synovium. It is very rare, and most cases occur in the knee joint. In this article, we report a case of localized pigmented villonodular synovitis in the knee joint of a 14-year-old boy. This condition is rare in the knees of the children. We preferred to remove the tumor with arthrotomy instead of arthroscopy for two reasons: (i) the patient was obese, (ii) we thought that recurrence risk was high after arthrotomy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology, Medical Faculty of Gazi University, 06500 Beşevler, Ankara, Turkey. satikmd@gmail.com.
authors.forename: O Şahap
authors.initials: OŞ
authors.lastname: Atik
authors.forename: Hasan Hüseyin
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Bozkurt
authors.forename: Efkan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Özcan
authors.forename: Batuhan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bahadır
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uçar
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Öğüt
authors.forename: Leyla
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Memiş
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007719:Knee Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D013586:Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*