Temporosphenoid giant cell tumour

Bone: Giant cell tumour

Rib Giant Cell Tumour

A 55 year old woman was admitted because of a slowly growing chest mass. A diagnosis of giant cells tumor (GCT) was made. In sharp contrast to other large bone metaphysis it accounts for < 1 % of all primary rib’s neoplasias. The resection included one normal adjacent rib above and below the tumour with all intervening intercostals muscles and pleura and the adjacent cartilages. Reconstruction ...

Giant Cell Tumour of the Thoracic Spine

Giant cell tumours of the spine above the sacrum are rare, and may pose diagnostic and treatment difficulties. A patient with thoracic vertebral giant cell tumour in which soft tissue extension and proximity to the spine complicated management is described. Magnetic resonance imaging is the imaging modality of choice for determining the extent of disease, assisting preoperative management, and ...

Multicentric giant cell tumour involving the patella.

A 36-year-old woman had initially been seen in January 1987 because of a swelling on her left lower leg after a fall. The mass had increased slightly in size and was painful on palpation but not on walking. Radiography showed a lytic lesion within the proximal fibula, so she underwent resection of her left proximal fibula. She was seen in October 1996 complaining of persistent pain and a feelin...

The Giant-Cell Tumour of Bone

Amongst all the controversies regarding the classification of osteogenic neoplasms, the giantcell tumour, under one name or another, has always remained a distinct entity. In fact, the subject of contention in this connection has been the nomenclature of this distinct variety of tumour formation in the bone which, though locally destructive, practically never presents any of the general feature...