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Preferred term

Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Diffuse outgrowth arising from the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; or TENDON sheath around the joint cavity, with extension to surrounding soft tissue. It is characterized by pigmented HEMOSIDERIN-containing MACROPHAGES; FOAM CELLS; and multinucleated GIANT CELLS. It usually occurs in the hands and feet, and around large joints, such as in the ankle and knee joints.

Entry terms

  • Diffuse Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor

In other languages

  • French

  • Synovite pigmentaire
  • Synovite villeuse
  • Synovite villi-nodulaire pigmentaire
  • Synovite villinodulaire pigmentaire
  • Synovite villo-nodulaire hémopigmentée
  • Synovite villo-nodulaire pigmentaire
  • Synovite villonodulaire hémopigmentée

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KC00SHMD-X

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