Open AccessOsteoclastoma in an infant
Author(s) -
Gabriel O. Eyichukwu,
Paul C Ogugua
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v16i4.37343
Subject(s) - clavicle , medicine , girl , biopsy , surgery , radiology , psychology , developmental psychology
Conventionally, osteoclastoma is a benign but locally aggressive bone tumour with a tendency for local recurrence and rarely distant metastasis, diagnosed mainly in young adults, 15-40 years of age. Diagnosis before skeletal maturity is circumspect. We report a case of giant cell tumour of the clavicle (uncommon site) in a 2% year old girl that was first noticed at 6 months of age.