Polyarticular extension of pigmented villonodular synovitis to contiguous joints via pigmented villonodular tenosynovitis

Pigmented villonodular synovitis.

Pigmented villonodular synovitis.

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVS) is an uncommon, usually monoarticular disorder encountered mainly in adults. A boy and a girl, both 7 years old, were referred because of recurrent knee effusions. Both were medically treated for other rheumatic disorders for five years. PVS was diagnosed by arthroscopy and synovectomy was curative in both cases.

Pigmented villonodular synovitis responsive to imatinib therapy.

I n 2002 when he was 27 years old, our patient sought care for a 2-year history of right hip pain that he fi rst noted after jogging. Th e pain progressed to where he could not run. He saw his family practitioner, who thought it might be a hernia. Later, the pain progressed, and he was referred to an orthopaedic surgeon. He was referred to Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas for further ...

Bilateral pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee

Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a disorder resulting in a villous, nodular, or villonodular proliferation of the synovium, with pigmentation related to the presence of hemosiderin. These lesions are almost exclusively benign with rare reports of malignancy. Pigmented villonodular synovitis can occur in a variety of joints and at any age but most often occurs within the knee in the young adu...

Sweet's syndrome associated with pigmented villonodular synovitis.

Sweet's syndrome (acute febrile neutrophilic dermatosis) was first described in 1964. The typical symptoms of Sweet's syndrome are high temperature, peripheral leucocytosis, painful cutaneous rashes (papules, plaques) and arthralgia. Sweet's syndrome has particularly been described in association with neoplastic, infectious and immunological diseases. The pathogenesis of Sweet's syndrome can be...