A child with giant cell tumor of tendon sheath

Dermatol Online J. 2011 May 15;17(5):9.

Abstract

A giant cell tumor of tendon sheath (GCTTS) is a soft tissue tumor consisting principally of a proliferation of synovial cells arising from a tendon sheath. GCTTS is the second most common tumor of the hand in general and a majority of GCTTS cases are in patients between 20 and 50 years of age, whereas pediatric cases of GCTTS are uncommon. This report presents the case of a nine-year-old girl with GCTTS arising on her right index finger.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Age of Onset
  • Child
  • Female
  • Fingers / pathology*
  • Fingers / surgery
  • Giant Cell Tumors / diagnosis*
  • Giant Cell Tumors / epidemiology
  • Giant Cell Tumors / pathology
  • Giant Cell Tumors / surgery
  • Humans
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / pathology
  • Soft Tissue Neoplasms / surgery
  • Tendons / pathology*
  • Tendons / surgery