Late recurrence of giant cell tumour of bone after curettage and adjuvant treatment: a case report.

Suehara, Yoshiyuki; Nozawa, Masahiko; Kim, Sung-gon; Nagayama, Masataka; Kojima, Tomoko; Torigoe, Tomoaki; Kubota, Daisuke; Yazawa, Yasuo et al. · J Orthop Surg (Hong Kong) · 2010

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We report a rare case of late recurrence of a giant cell tumour (GCT) of bone 16 years after curettage and cryosurgery treatment. A 46-year-old man presented with swelling and progressively worsening pain in the lateral aspect of his right distal femur. He had undergone 4 procedures elsewhere to manage a GCT of bone and its recurrence 16 to 23 years previously. He underwent en bloc resection with an adequate wide margin and reconstruction with prosthesis. At the one-year follow-up, there was no evidence of recurrence or metastasis.

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Anatomy