title: Metaphyseal giant-cell tumor in a girl of 14.
abstract: A case of giant-cell tumor in the radial metaphysis of a 14-year-old girl is reported. 3.5% of these tumors are detected in patients younger than 15 years of age, when closure of the cartilaginous growth plate occurs. A significant number of the 14% of giant-cell tumors detected in patients younger than 20 may originate in a metaphysis during adolescence and become symptomatic only after long bone epiphyseal involvement.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011859:Radiography; D011884:Radius