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Chirurgia 2011 August;24(4):221-3

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language: English

Atypical case of pigmented villonodular synovitis of axis

Dagain A. ¹, Dulou R. ¹, Pons Y. ², Delmas J. M. ¹, Poncet J. L. ², Pernot P. ¹

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Val de Grâce Hospital, Paris, France 2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Val de Grâce Hospital, Paris, France

First described by Kleinman et al. in 1980, the spine pigmented villonodullar synovitis (PVNS) is a relatively uncommon benign disorder of unknown aetiology; that is characterized by progressive synovial proliferation. We present a rare case of PVNS involving the C-2 anterior element extending of the oropharyngeal region.