Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm

Giant cell tumors (GCT) of the bone are uncommon primary bone neoplasms that occur mainly in the epiphyses of long bones. Their incidence in craniofacial skeleton is rare, particularly in the maxilla. We report a case of a 12-year-old patient with a GCT of the left maxilla, who underwent a surgical...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Bahbah, Soukayna, Harti, Karima El, Wady, Wafaa El
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7664142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33224408
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.342.21919
_version_ 1783609782940205056
author Bahbah, Soukayna
Harti, Karima El
Wady, Wafaa El
author_facet Bahbah, Soukayna
Harti, Karima El
Wady, Wafaa El
author_sort Bahbah, Soukayna
collection PubMed
description Giant cell tumors (GCT) of the bone are uncommon primary bone neoplasms that occur mainly in the epiphyses of long bones. Their incidence in craniofacial skeleton is rare, particularly in the maxilla. We report a case of a 12-year-old patient with a GCT of the left maxilla, who underwent a surgical excision of whole mass, and showed no recurrence one year after intervention.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-7664142
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2020
publisher The African Field Epidemiology Network
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-76641422020-11-20 Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm Bahbah, Soukayna Harti, Karima El Wady, Wafaa El Pan Afr Med J Case Report Giant cell tumors (GCT) of the bone are uncommon primary bone neoplasms that occur mainly in the epiphyses of long bones. Their incidence in craniofacial skeleton is rare, particularly in the maxilla. We report a case of a 12-year-old patient with a GCT of the left maxilla, who underwent a surgical excision of whole mass, and showed no recurrence one year after intervention. The African Field Epidemiology Network 2020-08-25 /pmc/articles/PMC7664142/ /pubmed/33224408 http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.342.21919 Text en Copyright: Soukayna Bahbah et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 The Pan African Medical Journal (ISSN: 1937-8688). This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution International 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Bahbah, Soukayna
Harti, Karima El
Wady, Wafaa El
Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm
title Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm
title_full Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm
title_fullStr Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm
title_full_unstemmed Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm
title_short Giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm
title_sort giant cell tumor of the maxilla: an unusual neoplasm
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7664142/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33224408
http://dx.doi.org/10.11604/pamj.2020.36.342.21919
work_keys_str_mv AT bahbahsoukayna giantcelltumorofthemaxillaanunusualneoplasm
AT hartikarimael giantcelltumorofthemaxillaanunusualneoplasm
AT wadywafaael giantcelltumorofthemaxillaanunusualneoplasm

Ejemplares similares