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Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a disease which affects the synovial joints and tendon sheaths. Although the exact aetiological factors are not known, we believe that recurrent haemarthrosis has a role in the aetiology of this condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old Caucasian m...

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Autores principales: Ramesh, Balasundaram, Shetty, Sanathkumar, Bastawrous, Salah S
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-121
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description INTRODUCTION: Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a disease which affects the synovial joints and tendon sheaths. Although the exact aetiological factors are not known, we believe that recurrent haemarthrosis has a role in the aetiology of this condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old Caucasian man presented with gradually worsening pain and stiffness in his right knee. The patient was on anticoagulation therapy and had been treated for recurrent episodes of spontaneous haemarthrosis of the knee. The International Normalized Ratio on each occasion suggested poor control of the anticoagulation therapy. A diagnosis of pigmented villonodular synovitis was made based on intra-operative findings and was further confirmed by a histopathological examination. CONCLUSION: This report is presented to highlight the unusual association of haemarthrosis and pigmented villonodular synovitis.
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spelling pubmed-28037982010-01-10 Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report Ramesh, Balasundaram Shetty, Sanathkumar Bastawrous, Salah S J Med Case Reports Case report INTRODUCTION: Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a disease which affects the synovial joints and tendon sheaths. Although the exact aetiological factors are not known, we believe that recurrent haemarthrosis has a role in the aetiology of this condition. CASE PRESENTATION: A 62-year-old Caucasian man presented with gradually worsening pain and stiffness in his right knee. The patient was on anticoagulation therapy and had been treated for recurrent episodes of spontaneous haemarthrosis of the knee. The International Normalized Ratio on each occasion suggested poor control of the anticoagulation therapy. A diagnosis of pigmented villonodular synovitis was made based on intra-operative findings and was further confirmed by a histopathological examination. CONCLUSION: This report is presented to highlight the unusual association of haemarthrosis and pigmented villonodular synovitis. BioMed Central 2009-11-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2803798/ /pubmed/20062764 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-121 Text en Copyright ©2009 Ramesh et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report
title Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report
title_full Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report
title_fullStr Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report
title_full_unstemmed Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report
title_short Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report
title_sort pigmented villonodular synovitis of the knee in a patient on oral anticoagulation therapy: a case report
topic Case report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2803798/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20062764
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-3-121
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