Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis: A case report / 대한정형외과학회잡지

ABSTRACT

A case of pigmented villondular synovitis is reported in a 32 years old woman, who exhibited bulbulous supra-patellar bulging with dull pain on the right knee joint. Aspiration yielded thick purplish brown effusion from the knee joint and roentgenologically negative. Synovectomy through two seperate para-patellar incision were carried out, and no recurrence of symptom was demonstrable in 2 years post-operative follow-up. A brief summary of literatures is Submitted.