Volgograd Journal of Medical Research
Quarterly Journal of Science and Practice

UDK: УДК 616-006.35.03

LOCALIZED NODULAR SYNOVITIS OF THE ANKLE IN CHILDREN

A. I. Perepelkin, A. I. Krayuschkin

Волгоградский государственный медицинский университет, кафедра анатомии человека; ГБУЗ «Волгоградская областная детская клиническая больница»

Abstract

A case of localized pigmented intra-articular nodular synovitis (NS) of the ankle in a child is described in the article.A 14-year-old girl presented with a painless mass along the posterolateral aspect of the right ankle. CT scan showed a nodular mass in the right posterolateral ankle joint. The histological study verified localized NS. This case confirms that localized NS is not frequent in the population of children.

Keywords

nodular synovitis, child, ankle.

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