Pigmented villonodular synovitis of the ankle-radiation therapy as a primary treatment to reduce recurrence: A case report with 8-year follow-up

Journal of Foot and Ankle Surgery

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 108-116

  Schnirring Judge, Molly ^a,b   Lin, Bonnie ^c  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b St Vincent Charity Hospital ^*  (United States)

^c St Vincent Charity Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Ankle; Foot; Giant cell tumor; Neoplasm; Soft tissue mass; Surgery; Tendon sheath

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE EDEMA; ANKLE PAIN; ANKLE RADIOGRAPHY; ARTHROPLASTY; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR SYNOVITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SLEEP DISORDER; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYNOVECTOMY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WEIGHT BEARING;

ADULT; ANKLE JOINT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; RECURRENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SYNOVIAL MEMBRANE; SYNOVITIS, PIGMENTED VILLONODULAR; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650268788     PISSN: 10672516     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jfas.2010.10.001     Document Type: Article

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