A Metastatic Giant Cell Tumor of the Soft Tissue of the Thoracic Wall: A case report.
- Author:
Duk Seop SHIN
1
;
Tae Eun CHUNG
;
Jang Hoon LEE
;
Jun Hyuk CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Tumor, benign;
Thorax neoplasm;
Giant cell tumors;
Soft tissue
- MeSH:
Adult;
Giant Cell Tumor of Bone;
Giant Cell Tumors*;
Giant Cells*;
Humans;
Lung;
Male;
Radius;
Recurrence;
Thoracic Wall*;
Thorax
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
2007;40(7):526-528
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A giant cell tumor of bone is a benign bone tumor, but has very high local recurrence rate and, very rarely metastasizes to the lung or a distant area. We report a case of a 29-year-old male patient presenting with a metastatic giant cell tumor of the soft tissue of the chest wall, who underwent a total resection of the radius for recurrence of the giant cell tumor. The tumor was not related to any bony structure of the thorax. We resected the tumor with a wide surgical margin. No evidence of malignancy was seen in the frozen and permanent pathological report.
