Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a benign proliferative disorder of the synovium that results in villous nodule formation in joints, tendon sheaths, and bursae. We present a case of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle joint that was diagnosed by sonography with color Doppler imaging. Th
Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle in an adolescent
β Scribed by K. Kaneko; D. Nakahara; M. Tobe; H. Iwase; Y. Inoue; O. Ohbayashi; H. Kurosawa
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 137 KB
- Volume
- 24
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0341-2695
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