Giant cell tumors that originated in the sternum
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Akram Traibi, MD · Abdellatif Boulahya, MD Hssain Ihrai, MD · Mohamed Oukabli, MD El Hassane Kabiri, MD
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2010
Description
Giant cell tumors originating from the sternum are rare. We report a case of a giant cell tumor of the sternum with radiological evidence of aggressiveness. A 34 year-old woman noted a mass in the anterior chest wall that had been slowly growing over 1 year. After incision biopsy revealed a diagnosis of a giant cell tumor she was treated by surgical resection (subtotal sternectomy) and reconstruction with methylmethacrylate. The tumor was 14 × 9 × 8 cm, and histological study confi rmed that it was a giant cell tumor. Although giant cell tumors are benign, they are locally aggressive lesions and must be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with a sternal mass.
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg (2011) 59:148–151 DOI 10.1007/s11748-010-0623-x Received: 12 January 2010 / Accepted: 23 March 2010
