Giant cell tumor of soft tissue: GCT arising from periosteum of tibia

Pak J Med Sci. 2024 Jan;40(2ICON Suppl):S97-S99. doi: 10.12669/pjms.40.2(ICON).8959.

Abstract

Primary Giant Cell Tumor of Soft Tissue (GCT-ST) is a rare disease, a neoplasm with low potential for malignancy. It belongs to the group of Fibrohistiocytic tumors with borderline malignancy. Most commonly it presents as a painless, slow-growing mass in a superficial location. It is associated with lower local recurrence rate as compared to GCT of bone but has a higher rate for metastasis and mortality. A case of rare GCT-ST with suspicion of lung metastasis is being reported here. The lesion per-operatively appeared to be growing from the periosteum of the bone (tibia in our case). After excisional biopsy it proved to be GCT-ST which has never been reported previously in literature.

Keywords: Periosteum of bone; Soft Tissue GCT (GCT-ST).

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  • Case Reports