http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVS) en-us Sun Jan 13 2008 17:15:10 GMT Copyright 2005 OWL Inc. orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (Christian Veillette) orthopaedicweblinks@gmail.com (OWL Inc.) http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/523.html Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis 2002-01-11 17:15:10 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=523 Not available http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/3590.html pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVS) 2002-01-31 17:15:10 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=3590 Not Available http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/Detailed/10918.html Pigmented Villonodular synovitis - Discussion: - pigmented villonodular synovitis is a slow growing, benign, and locally invasive tumor of the synovium; - location: most often involves the knee (also in hip, ankle, elbow ect.); - always consider PVNS in a younger patient with unexplained hip pain; - acute episodic attacks of pain and swelling may occur; - patients may have mechanical symptoms (locking and catching); - most have hemorrhagic, dark brown synovial fluid; - biopsy is diagnostic 2007-03-27 17:15:10 GMT http://www.orthopaedicweblinks.com/cgi-bin/owl/jump.cgi?ID=10918 Wheeless