Open AccessGiant Cell Tumor of the Knee. Case Report of a Potentially Aggressive Benign Tumor
Author(s) -
Álvaro Cerda,
Ricardo Tolosa,
Ramón Sánchez-Ocaña Hernández
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of medical and surgical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0719-532X
pISSN - 0719-3904
DOI - 10.32457/ijmss.2016.001
Subject(s) - etiology , medicine , giant cell tumor of bone , femur , biopsy , resection , surgical resection , surgery , radiology , primary bone , giant cell , pathology
The giant cell tumor of bone (OCD) is a primary bone tumor that occurs most frequently in the third age of life, being located mainly at the distal femur. The development of a biopsy to establish the diagnosis and to begin appropriate treatment quickly is a fundamental to establish as early as possible surgical resection procedure. In this article a case of TOCG is presented in a patient of 30 years. Its etiology, signs and symptoms, diagnosis, as well as an adequate diagnostic and therapeutic procedures to achieve a positive resolution of this pathology is discussed.