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Giant cell tumor of talus: a case report

Giant cell tumor of talus is a rare entity. In contrast to GCT of long bones, most cases occur in a younger age group and tend to be multicentric. The authors report a case of GCT in a 19 year old boy which had led to extensive destruction of the talus. In view of the extensive involvement, total ta...

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Autores principales: Sharma, Siddhartha, Wani, Iftikhar H, Gupta, Nital, Mahajan, Nirdosh, Salaria, Abdul Q
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2651116/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19159463
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-74
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Sumario:Giant cell tumor of talus is a rare entity. In contrast to GCT of long bones, most cases occur in a younger age group and tend to be multicentric. The authors report a case of GCT in a 19 year old boy which had led to extensive destruction of the talus. In view of the extensive involvement, total talectomy along with tibio – calcaneal arthrodesis was performed. At 6 months of followup, the patient had a painless and well arthrodesed ankle. There was no evidence of recurrence at 18 months of followup.