TY - JOUR
T1 - Pigmented villonodular synovitis in children
T2 - a report of six cases and review of the literature.
AU - Neubauer, Philip
AU - Weber, A. Kristy
AU - Miller, Nancy Hadley
AU - McCarthy, Edward F.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - We report six children with pigmented villonodular synovitis. They ranged in age from seven to fifteen years. In four patients, the knee was involved. One patient had involvement of the ankle, and one had diffuse involvement along a metacarpal. In five cases, the diagnosis was not suspected clinically or radiographically, and the delay in making the correct diagnosis was as long as two years. Clinical diagnosis in these five patients was usually bacterial synovitis or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. We feel that the diagnoses of pigmented villonodular synovitis should be considered in any child with chronic joint effusion.
AB - We report six children with pigmented villonodular synovitis. They ranged in age from seven to fifteen years. In four patients, the knee was involved. One patient had involvement of the ankle, and one had diffuse involvement along a metacarpal. In five cases, the diagnosis was not suspected clinically or radiographically, and the delay in making the correct diagnosis was as long as two years. Clinical diagnosis in these five patients was usually bacterial synovitis or juvenile rheumatoid arthritis. We feel that the diagnoses of pigmented villonodular synovitis should be considered in any child with chronic joint effusion.
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M3 - Article
C2 - 17907437
AN - SCOPUS:38449101598
SN - 1541-5457
VL - 27
SP - 90
EP - 94
JO - The Iowa orthopaedic journal
JF - The Iowa orthopaedic journal
ER -