We describe a surgical treatment for popliteal cyst in a 41-year-old woman affected by diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the knee with extra-articular spreading. The treatment consists of an arthroscopic synoviectomy followed immediately by an open removal of the cyst. At 28-month follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic and no evidence of recurrence of PVNS has been seen. We believe that this double surgical approach may reduce the probability of recurrence of PVNS.

An unusual cause of popliteal cyst / V. Sansone, C. Sosio, M. da Gama Malchèr, A. De Ponti. - In: ARTHROSCOPY. - ISSN 0749-8063. - 20:4(2004), pp. 432-434.

An unusual cause of popliteal cyst

V. Sansone
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2004

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We describe a surgical treatment for popliteal cyst in a 41-year-old woman affected by diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the knee with extra-articular spreading. The treatment consists of an arthroscopic synoviectomy followed immediately by an open removal of the cyst. At 28-month follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic and no evidence of recurrence of PVNS has been seen. We believe that this double surgical approach may reduce the probability of recurrence of PVNS.
Arthroscopy; Knee; Pigmented villonodular synovitis; Popliteal cyst
Settore MED/33 - Malattie Apparato Locomotore
2004
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