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Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman
Giant cell tumors (GCTs) are a category of benign but locally aggressive tumors that are challenging to treat. GCT topography most often affects the epiphyseal and metaphyseal regions of long bones but rarely flat bones. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman with an aggressive GCT of the right s...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9246718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35783873 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25553 |
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author | Augustin, Delange Hendrick Augustin, Delange Khawly, Clifford Georges Patrick Pharol, Almenord Exantus, Lerby |
author_facet | Augustin, Delange Hendrick Augustin, Delange Khawly, Clifford Georges Patrick Pharol, Almenord Exantus, Lerby |
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description | Giant cell tumors (GCTs) are a category of benign but locally aggressive tumors that are challenging to treat. GCT topography most often affects the epiphyseal and metaphyseal regions of long bones but rarely flat bones. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman with an aggressive GCT of the right scapula. Unfortunately, the late presentation of this case to the emergency department makes the scapulectomy more difficult to carry out effectively. As this case highlights, the lack of access to primary care and the lack of available family physicians in the community remains detrimental to good medical care in systems with limited resources. |
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spelling | pubmed-92467182022-07-02 Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman Augustin, Delange Hendrick Augustin, Delange Khawly, Clifford Georges Patrick Pharol, Almenord Exantus, Lerby Cureus Radiology Giant cell tumors (GCTs) are a category of benign but locally aggressive tumors that are challenging to treat. GCT topography most often affects the epiphyseal and metaphyseal regions of long bones but rarely flat bones. We report the case of a 35-year-old woman with an aggressive GCT of the right scapula. Unfortunately, the late presentation of this case to the emergency department makes the scapulectomy more difficult to carry out effectively. As this case highlights, the lack of access to primary care and the lack of available family physicians in the community remains detrimental to good medical care in systems with limited resources. Cureus 2022-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9246718/ /pubmed/35783873 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25553 Text en Copyright © 2022, Augustin et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Radiology Augustin, Delange Hendrick Augustin, Delange Khawly, Clifford Georges Patrick Pharol, Almenord Exantus, Lerby Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman |
title | Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman |
title_full | Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman |
title_fullStr | Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman |
title_full_unstemmed | Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman |
title_short | Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor of the Scapula in a 35-Year-Old Woman |
title_sort | aggressive giant cell tumor of the scapula in a 35-year-old woman |
topic | Radiology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9246718/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35783873 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.25553 |
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