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A thoracic spinal bone giant cell tumor in a skeletally immature girl. A case report and literature review

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Abstract

Purpose

Giant cell tumors (GCT) are benign primary bone tumors, locally aggressive, affecting in long bones in young adults during the third decade. It is rare to experience this lesion in skeletally immature patients. GCT are related to a risk of local recurrence and malignant transformation.

Method

We report a rare case of a giant cell tumor of the thoracic spine in a skeletally immature girl presenting with a painful right scoliosis.

Results

MRI, CT scan, and bone scintigraphy were discordant and the percutaneous biopsy non-contributive.

Conclusion

A marginal “en bloc” resection was performed and revealed the GCT. Based on a literature review, the diagnosis and the surgical management of this case are discussed.

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  1. Department of Paediatric Orthopedic Surgery, Hopital Couple Enfants, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France

    Loic Sigwalt, Emeline Bourgeois, Ahmad Eid, Jacques Griffet & Aurélien Courvoisier

  2. Department of Paediatric Radiology, Hopital Couple Enfants, Grenoble Alpes University, Grenoble, France

    Chantal Durand

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Sigwalt, L., Bourgeois, E., Eid, A. et al. A thoracic spinal bone giant cell tumor in a skeletally immature girl. A case report and literature review. Childs Nerv Syst 32, 873–876 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-015-2991-0

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