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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.
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- Diffuse Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
- Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitides
- Synovitides, Pigmented Villonodular
- Villonodular Synovitides, Pigmented
- Villonodular Synovitis, Pigmented
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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91(78); was see under SYNOVITIS 1978-90
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- Synovitis (1966-1977)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013586. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013586
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigmented_villonodular_synovitis
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3768153