An Active Giant Cell Tumor of the Patella: A Case Report

Primary neoplasms of the patella account for less than 1% of all primary bone tumors of the lower extremity, the most frequent of them being the giant cell tumor of bone, the chondroblastoma, and the aneurysmal bone cyst. Herein, we report the case of a 29-year-old woman with an active giant cell tu...

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Autores principales: Slavchev, Svetoslav A, Georgiev, Georgi P, Patrikov, Kircho
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Orthopedics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5669526/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29142790
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1642
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Sumario:Primary neoplasms of the patella account for less than 1% of all primary bone tumors of the lower extremity, the most frequent of them being the giant cell tumor of bone, the chondroblastoma, and the aneurysmal bone cyst. Herein, we report the case of a 29-year-old woman with an active giant cell tumor of the patella (GCTP) with its clinical and radiological features and a brief review of the literature.

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