Inoperable Sacral Giant Cell Tumor: Therapeutic Options and Pain Control

Sacral giant cell tumor (GCT) is a rare condition. Its treatment is complex, since surgical removal is difficult and the response to other therapeutic options is low. The control of its growth and pain is an additional challenge. The present paper reports a case of inoperable sacral GCT, with emboli...

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Autores principales: Viana, Eneida de Mattos Brito Oliveira, Batista, Katia Torres, Carneiro Junior, José Leite
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Published by Thieme Revnter Publicações Ltda 2019
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6597425/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31363293
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1692450
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description Sacral giant cell tumor (GCT) is a rare condition. Its treatment is complex, since surgical removal is difficult and the response to other therapeutic options is low. The control of its growth and pain is an additional challenge. The present paper reports a case of inoperable sacral GCT, with embolization and radiotherapy for pain control as therapeutic options. The patient, a 39-year-old male, presented pain in the sacral region with lower limb irradiation due to an inoperable sacral giant cell tumor. The patient was submitted to embolization, radiotherapy, pain management with opioids and other drugs, and a rehabilitation program. Despite the difficulty in tumor growth and pain control during the follow-up, the outcome is stable after 9 years.
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spelling pubmed-65974252019-07-29 Inoperable Sacral Giant Cell Tumor: Therapeutic Options and Pain Control Viana, Eneida de Mattos Brito Oliveira Batista, Katia Torres Carneiro Junior, José Leite Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) Sacral giant cell tumor (GCT) is a rare condition. Its treatment is complex, since surgical removal is difficult and the response to other therapeutic options is low. The control of its growth and pain is an additional challenge. The present paper reports a case of inoperable sacral GCT, with embolization and radiotherapy for pain control as therapeutic options. The patient, a 39-year-old male, presented pain in the sacral region with lower limb irradiation due to an inoperable sacral giant cell tumor. The patient was submitted to embolization, radiotherapy, pain management with opioids and other drugs, and a rehabilitation program. Despite the difficulty in tumor growth and pain control during the follow-up, the outcome is stable after 9 years. Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia. Published by Thieme Revnter Publicações Ltda 2019-05 2019-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC6597425/ /pubmed/31363293 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0039-1692450 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_full_unstemmed Inoperable Sacral Giant Cell Tumor: Therapeutic Options and Pain Control
title_short Inoperable Sacral Giant Cell Tumor: Therapeutic Options and Pain Control
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