Case Report

Giant Cell Tumor of the Pes Anserine Bursa (Extra-Articular Pigmented Villonodular Bursitis): A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Giant cell tumor of the pes anserine bursa (extra-articular pigmented villonodular bursitis): a review of literature.

Authors/yearAge (years)/ gender/sideClinical presentationSizeTreatmentOutcome

Jaffe et al., 1941 [1]34/NSMass more than 3 years, but no limitation of range of motion>5-6 cmNSNS

Granowitz et al., 1976 [3]NSNSNSNSNS

Present et al., 1986 [9]54/M/RPain with moderate joint effusion but a palpable mass × 4 years. There was a lytic lesion in the tibiaNSArthroscopy, followed by incisional biopsy, resection of mass and curetting and cementing of tibial lesionNS

Jelinek et al., 1989 and 1994 [5, 6]NS/L, 20/F/LNSNSNSNS

Kay et al., 1996 [7]11/M/RSwelling without limitation of range of motion × 18 months. Also had a metachronous lesion in the wrist about 18 months prior 3 . 5 × 8 . 0  cmOpen biopsy, followed by wide resection and tenodesis of involved tendonsDF × 12 months

Abdelwahab et al., 2002 [2]63/F/RIncreasing swelling and recent-onset pain with limitation of range of motion × 2 years. Also had associated Sjogren’s syndrome 5 . 0 × 3 . 5 × 2 . 0  cmResection of entire mass with repair of resected tendonDF × 18 months

Sami et al., 2003 [11]26/F/LWorsening pain and swelling with no limitation of range of motion × 2 months 4 . 5 × 3 . 0 × 2 . 5  cmOpen biopsy, followed by marginal excisionDF × 27 months

Maheshwari et al., 2007 [8]17/F/LSlowly enlarging mass × 3 years 5 . 6 × 3 . 8 × 3 . 5  cmOpen biopsy, followed by marginal resectionDF × 2 years
18/M/LPain with jogging × 2 years 6 . 1 × 3 . 5 × 3 . 4  cmDF × 18 years

Riccio et al., 2007 [10]36/M/LSwelling and pain with jogging × 1 month 3 . 5 × 6 . 5  cmMarginal resectionDF × 30 months

Hepp et al., 2008 [4]28/F/LSwelling and pain × 4 weeks. History of trauma 13 years previously with excision of a similar mass (histologically read as PVNS) in the same location 4 . 0 × 4 . 0 × 3 . 0  cmEn bloc resectionNS

NS: not specified; DF: disease free; PVNS: pigmented villonodular synovitis.