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Case Reports
. 2016 Mar 15:23:90.
doi: 10.11604/pamj.2016.23.90.8838. eCollection 2016.

[Villonodular synovitis of the ankle, an uncommon location: a case report]

[Article in French]
Abdellatif Benabbouha  1 , Jonathan Basinga  1 , Ismail Anteri  1 , Abdelouab Jaafar  1
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Case Reports

[Villonodular synovitis of the ankle, an uncommon location: a case report]

[Article in French]
Abdellatif Benabbouha et al. Pan Afr Med J. .

Abstract
in English, French

Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) is a rare pseudotumoral proliferative benign condition of unknown etiology, affecting synovial joints. It can also develop in the synovial bursae and in the tendon sheaths. It usually affects large joints, such as the knee and the hip. Ankle is a rare location, with only a few cases reported in the literature. We report a case of a 52 year old patient with a PVS of the right ankle. She received a subtotal synovectomy. After 2 years of follow-up there was no clinical recurrence.

La synovite villonodulaire (SVN) est une prolifération pseudotumorale bénigne rare de la synoviale articulaire, d’étiologie inconnue. Elle peut aussi se développer au sein des bourses séreuses, des gaines tendineuses. Généralement, elle atteint les grosses articulations notamment le genou et la hanche. La localisation de la cheville est rare, avec seulement quelques cas publiés dans la littérature. Nous rapportons un cas de patiente de 52 ans présentant une SVN de la cheville droite. Elle a bénéficié d'une synovectomie subtotale. A deux ans de recul, il n'y avait pas de récidive clinique.

Keywords: Villonodular synovitis; ankle; synovectomy.

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Figures

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Tuméfaction prémalléolaire latérale
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Radiographie de la cheville de face montrant une hyperdensité des parties molles
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Échographie de la cheville objectivant une formation hypoéchogène
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IRM de la cheville montrant une masse intra articulaire sous taliene hétérogène
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