Multicentric giant cell tumor of bone: a case report and review of the literature

Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2003 May:(410):267-73. doi: 10.1097/01.blo.0000063784.32430.b0.

Abstract

Multicentric giant cell tumor of bone is the rare variant of a lesion that is relatively common in a skeletally mature population. An otherwise healthy 13-year-old boy presenting with this entity was followed up for 6 years. During this period, the patient was diagnosed with and treated for six individual lesions. One recurrence required resection, Ilizarov bone lengthening, and subsequent ankle arthrodesis. He remains fully active and free of distant metastasis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Bone Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Bone Neoplasms / surgery
  • Fractures, Spontaneous / etiology
  • Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / pathology*
  • Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / pathology*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / surgery
  • Radiography
  • Tibial Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Tibial Fractures / surgery