Giant Cell Tumor of the Temporal Bone in an Old Patient.
- Author:
Kyung Il PAEK
1
;
Seon Hwan KIM
;
Shi Hun SONG
;
Youn KIM
Author Information
1. Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea. neons@cnuh.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Giant cell tumor;
Temporal bone;
Old patient
- MeSH:
Aged;
Brain;
Craniotomy;
Dizziness;
Female;
Giant Cell Tumors*;
Giant Cells*;
Headache;
Hearing Loss;
Humans;
Osteotomy;
Paresthesia;
Recurrence;
Temporal Bone*;
Zygoma
- From:Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society
2005;37(6):462-465
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
We report a case of a 67-year-old woman with giant cell tumor of the temporal bone. A 67-year-old woman presented with localized tenderness, swelling, sensory dysesthesia, dizziness, and headache over the left temporal bone. She was neurologically intact except left hearing impairment, with a nonmobile, tender, palpable mass over the left temporal area. A brain computed tomography(CT) scans showed a relatively well defined heterogenous soft tissue mass with multiple intratumoral cyst and radiolucent, osteolytic lesions involving the left temporal bone. The patient underwent a left frontotemporal craniotomy and zygoma osteotomy with total mass removal. Permanent histopathologic sections revealed a giant cell tumor. She remains well clinically and without tumor recurrence at 2 years after total resection.
