Pigmented villonodular synovitis arising from the sheath of the extensor hallucis longus in an eight-month-old infant.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVS) is a disease of unknown origin that most commonly affects the synovial joints and synovial sheaths of the skeletally mature. In an eight-month-old infant, a leg swelling thought likely to be a sarcoma proved to be PVS on biopsy.
Medical subject headings
- Leg
- Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular