Open AccessIatrogenic giant cell tumor at bone graft harvesting site
Author(s) -
Zile Singh Kundu,
Vineeta Gupta,
Sukhbir Singh Sangwan,
Shubhi Goel,
Parveen Rana
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of orthopaedics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.434
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1998-3727
pISSN - 0019-5413
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5413.106936
Subject(s) - medicine , iliac crest , surgery , curettage , giant cell , bone grafting , complication , giant cell tumor of bone , tibia , pathology
30 year old female patient with giant cell tumor of the distal tibia initially treated at a peripheral nononcological center by curettage and autologous bone grafting from the ipsilateral iliac crest reported to us with local recurrence and an implantation giant cell tumor at the graft harvesting site which required extensive surgeries at both sites. The risk of iatrogenic direct implantation of tumor, often attributable to inadequate surgical planning or poor surgical techniques, and the steps to prevent such complication is reported here.