A Case of Giant Cell Tumor of Bilateral Maxilla with Paget's Disease.
- Author:
Yu Sung WON
1
;
Aa Ron LEE
;
Jin Hee CHO
;
He Ro YOON
Author Information
1. Department of Otolaryngology-HNS, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea. yswon@cmc.cuk.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Giant cell tumor;
Maxilla;
Paget's disease
- MeSH:
Curettage;
Epiphyses;
Giant Cell Tumors*;
Giant Cells*;
Head;
Incidence;
Maxilla*;
Neck;
Osteitis Deformans
- From:Korean Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
1998;41(8):1087-1090
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Giant cell tumors acount for 4% of all bone tumors and usually occur in the epiphyses of long bones and rarely involve the head and neck region, representing about 9% of them. The incidence of giant cell tumor arising in Paget's disease, which is characterized by a bizarre and greatly exaggerated skeletal turnover, is probably less than 0.2%. We experienced a case of giant cell tumor in the bilateral maxilla with Paget's disease of bone, which was treated by excision and curettage of the tumor mass via endoscopic approach.
