Key Words: synovitis, pigmented villonodular, arthritis
Abstract
Pigmented villonodular synovitis is a benign tumor of synovial tissue with a very low incidence. Ankle location is even less frequent. Early diagnosis and management are required to avoid irreversible functional and mechanical sequelae. The clinical presentation starts with edema or joint effusion and may progress with pain and advanced joint degenerative changes. Pigmented villonodular synovitis can be focal or diffuse, the latter being the type with the worst prognosis. When suspected, magnetic resonance imaging is performed, and the diagnosis confirmed with a biopsy in which synovial inflammatory tissue with hemosiderin deposits is observed. An open or arthroscopic synovectomy is preferred over surgical management. Recurrence is up to 40%, which is why biological coadjutant therapies and radiotherapy are described. This article presents the case of a 30-year-old man who presented with pain and claudication of the left ankle; the imaging study findings were compatible with diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle with extension to the subtalar joint, leading to arthroscopy for treatment and biopsy. This case report illustrates the results with this patient and a literature review of the subject.
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La sinovitis villonodular pigmentada es un tumor benigno del tejido sinovial de muy baja incidencia. El compromiso de tobillo es aún menos frecuente. Se requiere diagnóstico y manejo precoz para evitar secuelas funcionales y mecánicas irreversibles. Se manifiesta inicialmente con aumento de volumen de partes blandas, edema o derrame articular y puede evolucionar con dolor progresivo y daño articular avanzado. Existe una forma focal y una difusa, siendo esta última la de peor pronóstico. El examen diagnóstico de elección es la resonancia magnética, confirmándose por biopsia en la que se observa tejido sinovial inflamatorio con depósitos de hemosiderina. El tratamiento es quirúrgico y consiste en sinovectomía abierta o artroscópica. La recurrencia es de hasta un 40%, por lo que están descritas terapias coadyuvantes biológicas y radioterapia. Este artículo expone el caso de un hombre de 30 años que consulta por dolor y claudicación del tobillo izquierdo, encontrándose en el estudio imagenológico (resonancia magnética) hallazgos compatibles con sinovitis villonodular pigmentada difusa del tobillo, con extensión a la articulación subtalar, por lo que se realiza artroscopía para tratamiento y biopsia. En este reporte de caso se ilustran los resultados con este paciente y una revisión bibliográfica del tema.
Authors:
Soledad Salas González[1], Tomás Urrutia Jarpa[2], Jorge Filippi[2,3]
Affiliation:
[1] Escuela de Medicina. Facultad de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
[2] Departamento de Ortopedia y Traumatologia, Facultad de Medicin, Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
[3] Equipo Cirugía de Tobillo y Pie, Clínica Las Condes, Santiago Chile
E-mail: jlfilippi@gmail.com
Author address:
[1] Departamento de Ortopedia y Traumatología
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Diagonal Paraguay 362, 3er piso
Cod. Postal: 833007
Citation: Salas González S, Urrutia Jarpa T, Filippi J. Arthroscopic treatment of pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle: a clinical case report and review. Medwave 2019;19(4):e7641 doi: 10.5867/medwave.2019.04.7641
Submission date: 12/12/2018
Acceptance date: 2/5/2019
Publication date: 27/5/2019
Origin: not commissioned
Type of review: reviewed by two external peer reviewers, double-blind
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