PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS PRESENTING AS A POPLITEAL CYST

  • 1 January 1980
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 16  (9-10) , 735-738
Abstract
A rare case of giant swelling of the soft tissue around the knee joint is described [in a man]. A large popliteal cyst was present, the fleshy walls of which penetrated the muscle layers of the calf. The place of arthrography in diagnosis is stressed. The yellow-brown mass was confirmed histologically to be pigmented villonodular synovitis. The mechanism of formation of a popliteal cyst is discussed. The differential diagnosis and treatment are reviewed. Radical surgery is perferred.

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