Tong K M, Hsu K C, Lee T S, Chang S M
Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi (Taipei). 1994 Mar;53(3):188-92.
Pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the shoulder is an uncommon disorder with unknown etiology. It is characterized by synovial proliferation and hemosiderin deposition into the synovial tissues of the affected joints. PVNS affects mainly the knee joint and shoulder involvement is rare. There are only 12 cases of shoulder involvement reported in the English-language literature. A case of PVNS of the shoulder with simultaneous rotator cuff tear is presented and the literature is reviewed.
肩部色素沉着绒毛结节性滑膜炎(PVNS)是一种病因不明的罕见疾病。其特征为滑膜增生以及含铁血黄素沉积于受累关节的滑膜组织中。PVNS主要累及膝关节,累及肩部的情况罕见。英文文献中仅报道过12例肩部受累病例。本文报告1例合并肩袖撕裂的肩部PVNS病例并对相关文献进行综述。