Giant-cell tumor of the tibia in a child presenting as an expansile metaphyseal lesion with fluid-fluid levels on MR.
Approximately two percent of giant-cell tumors (GCT) occur in the skeletally immature. The patient presented is four years old with a cystic giant-cell tumor of the tibial metaphysis. Fluid-fluid levels are demonstrated on CT and MR and likely represent the underlying pathophysiology.
Department of Radiology, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington DC 20307.
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Buetow
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Newman
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Kransdorf
D001826:Body Fluids; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013977:Tibia; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed