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Giant cell tumor

Alexey Portnov, medical expert
Last reviewed: 23.04.2024

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Epidemiology
Symptoms
Diagnostics

What do need to examine?
How to examine?
Differential diagnosis
Treatment
Who to contact?

Giant cell tumor (synonyms: osteoclastoma, osteoblastoma) - an extremely rare occurrence in childhood of a new skeleton with progressive growth and destruction of metaepiphysis of tubular bones.

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Epidemiology

According to the literature, giant cell tumor accounts for 8.6% of all neoplasms of the skeleton, and most often it is detected at the age of 20-30 years.

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Symptoms of the giant cell tumor

Typical complaints are pain in the joint, fast-attaching lameness and contracture.

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Diagnostics of the giant cell tumor

On the X-ray and CT scans determine the focus of destruction, the seizure metaepiphysis of the tubular bone, with signs of destruction of the cortical layer and articular surface, often with the prolapse of pathological masses into the joint cavity.

When scintifafii mark as a local hypervascularization (an average of 130%), and hyperfixation of radiopharmaceutical (an average of 325%).

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What do need to examine?

Cartilage and bone tissue

Bones

How to examine?

Ultrasound of bones

X-ray of the bones

Differential diagnosis

The tumor is differentiated from an aneurysmal bone cyst and chondroblastoma.

Who to contact?

Oncologist

Treatment of the giant cell tumor

Treatment of giant cell tumor surgical - radical tumor resection in combination with various options of bone auto- and alloplasty and the use of external fixation devices.

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