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Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS) and Giant-Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath

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Definition: Benign, composed of synovial-like mononuclear cells of the joint, the tendon sheaths, and the mucous bursae.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Orthopaedic Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, 10065, NY, USA

    Nicola Fabbri MD

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  1. Muscoloskeletal Oncology, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Piero Picci

  2. Department of Surgery, Istituto Ortopedico Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Manfrini

  3. Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, USA

    Nicola Fabbri

  4. Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Marco Gambarotti

  5. Department of Anatomy and Pathology, Istituto Rizzoli, Bologna, Italy

    Daniel Vanel

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Fabbri, N. (2014). Pigmented Villonodular Synovitis (PVNS) and Giant-Cell Tumor of Tendon Sheath. In: Picci, P., Manfrini, M., Fabbri, N., Gambarotti, M., Vanel, D. (eds) Atlas of Musculoskeletal Tumors and Tumorlike Lesions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01748-8_58

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