title: Ossified soft tissue recurrence of giant cell tumor of bone.
abstract: We report 3 cases of soft tissue recurrence of giant cell tumor of bone. A peripheral rim of ossification in the soft tissue mass is pathognomonic of recurrence in the patients after resection of giant cell tumor.
authors.affiliation: Iwate Medical University, Morioka, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ehara
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Nishida
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kawata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Saitoh
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kattapuram
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed