Abstract
We describe a surgical treatment for popliteal cyst in a 41-year-old woman affected
by diffuse pigmented villonodular synovitis (PVNS) of the knee with extra-articular
spreading. The treatment consists of an arthroscopic synoviectomy followed immediately
by an open removal of the cyst. At 28-month follow-up, the patient is asymptomatic
and no evidence of recurrence of PVNS has been seen. We believe that this double surgical
approach may reduce the probability of recurrence of PVNS.
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© 2004 Arthroscopy Association of North America. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
