“Nodular tenosynovitis in the ankle region”: Report of a Case

Abstract

One case of Nodular tenosynovitis in the ankle region was reported. Nodular tenosynovitis, in the great majority of the cases, the lesion is to be observed in the fingers. Sometimes the lesion is found at the ankle. In Japan, 5 cases has been reported at the ankle past ten years.
Man, thirty years old, noticed the mass of the right ankle region since August 1969. The mass which gradually developed, was surgically removed on July 1973. Since operation the patient has remained free from Symptoms. Histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of pigmented villonodular Synovitis.