Giant cell tumor of soft tissue: a case with atypical US and MRI findings

Korean J Radiol. 2008 Sep-Oct;9(5):462-5. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.5.462.

Abstract

We report the case of a giant cell tumor with diffuse interstitial hemorrhaging and unusually prominent cystic components in the soft tissue of the thigh which has not been reported previously. Magnetic resonance image (MRI), showed signal intensity typical of a giant cell tumor. However, because of its conspicuous large well-circumscribed cystic components, the differential diagnoses, based on the image findings from an ultrasonography (US) and MRI, were complicated epidermoid cyst, cystic change of a neurogenic tumor, and a parasitic cyst.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Giant Cell Tumors / diagnosis*
  • Giant Cell Tumors / diagnostic imaging
  • Giant Cell Tumors / pathology
  • Giant Cell Tumors / surgery
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thigh
  • Ultrasonography, Doppler*