Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
"Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Diffuse outgrowth arising from the SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVIAL BURSA; or TENDON sheath around the joint cavity, with extension to surrounding soft tissue. It is characterized by pigmented HEMOSIDERIN-containing MACROPHAGES; FOAM CELLS; and multinucleated GIANT CELLS. It usually occurs in the hands and feet, and around large joints, such as in the ankle and knee joints.
| Descriptor ID |
D013586
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.380.690.500 C05.550.870.445.500 C05.651.869.762.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular- Synovitis, Pigmented Villonodular
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitides
- Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis
- Synovitides, Pigmented Villonodular
- Villonodular Synovitides, Pigmented
- Villonodular Synovitis, Pigmented
- Diffuse Tenosynovial Giant Cell Tumor
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