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Giant cell tumour of extensor tendon sheath: Preventing recurrence
Author(s) -
S. S. Shirol,
Apoorv Jain,
Kedareshwar,
Geeta Nimbaragi
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of the scientific society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2278-7127
pISSN - 0974-5009
DOI - 10.4103/0974-5009.105928
Subject(s) - medicine , tendon sheath , tendon , giant cell , lesion , surgery , incidence (geometry) , anatomy , pathology , physics , optics
Giant Cell Tumour of tendon sheath is relatively rare tumour with an overall incidence of around 1 in 50,000 individuals. Marginal excision of giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath is the treatment of choice. It is also the commonest hand lesion to recur after excision. The incidence of local recurrence is high, ranging from 9-44%. Here we present a case report of a giant cell tumour of extensor tendon sheath in hand which was successfully treated with special emphasis on ways of prevention of recurrence