Infiltrating giant cell tumor in a case of Paget’s disease of bone

Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone, also called osteoclastoma, is a rare complication of Paget’s bone disease. We report a patient from Southern Italy who developed a GCT infiltrating the neighboring tissues. The natural history and the therapeutic outcomes of this unique complication of Paget’s bon...

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Autores principales: Nuzzo, Vincenzo, Ferrara, T., Zuccoli, Alfonso, Brunetti-Pierri, Raffaella, De Rosa, Roberto, Falchetti, Alberto, Franco, R., Brunetti-Pierri, Nicola
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2836752/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20234860
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11657-009-0027-7
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Sumario:Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone, also called osteoclastoma, is a rare complication of Paget’s bone disease. We report a patient from Southern Italy who developed a GCT infiltrating the neighboring tissues. The natural history and the therapeutic outcomes of this unique complication of Paget’s bone disease are presented.

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