DOUBLE-CONTRAST ARTHROGRAPHY IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS OF THE KNEE

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Abstract
Two patients with a histologically proven diagnosis of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee are reported. This diagnosis should be considered and an arthrogram obtained when a young adult presents with chronic swelling and stiffness of a single joint with minimal if any pain and with bogginess of the synovium.The condition is even further suspected when aspiration reveals a moderately large quantity of dark blood-containing effusion, and plain roentgenograms show a normal joint other than the effusion and occasionally some nodularity of the suprapatellar area.When the double-contrast method is used, preoperative arthrography should result in a diagnosis, as was the case in the 2 patients reported.

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