Benign metastasizing giant-cell tumor of the hand. Report of a case and review of the literature.
Benign metastasizing giant-cell tumor of the hands is an extremely infrequent neoplasm. A 37-year-old man with one of these neoplasms in the second phalanx of his fifth left finger was examined. Microscopically, the tumor was a conventional Grade 1 giant-cell tumor that metastasized to the lung. Although this tumor is most infrequent, its metastatic potential indicates inclusion of benign metastasizing giant-cell tumor in the differential diagnosis with other giant-cell neoplasms of the hands.
López-Barea
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Department of Pathology, La Paz Hospital, Madrid, Spain.
Rodríguez-Peralto
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García-Girón
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Guemes-Gordo
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D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography