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Musculoskeletal Diseases > Joint Diseases > Synovitis > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath > Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
Musculoskeletal Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Tendinopathy > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath > Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
... > Nervous System Diseases > Neuromuscular Diseases > Muscular Diseases > Tendinopathy > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath > Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
Wounds and Injuries > Tendon Injuries > Tendinopathy > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath > Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Connective Tissue Diseases > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Giant Cell Tumors > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath > Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
... > Neoplasms > Neoplasms by Histologic Type > Neoplasms, Connective and Soft Tissue > Neoplasms, Connective Tissue > Giant Cell Tumors > Giant Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath > Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular

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Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Diffuse Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 91(78); was see under SYNOVITIS 1978-90

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D013586

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