title: Management of skeletal giant cell tumors of the phalanges of the hand.
abstract: Five cases of unicentric benign giant cell tumors of the phalanges of the hand are reported. Three patients were initially treated with curettage and bone grafting; two had recurrences that necessitated ray resection as the definitive treatment, and one was free of disease at 16 years' follow-up. The two patients who were primarily treated with ray resection were free of disease at follow-up of 2 and 1 years, respectively. Enneking's surgical staging system and Lodwick's x-ray grading of bone tumors were used to evaluate management methods.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005385:Fingers / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011859:Radiography