title: [Giant cell tumor of the lumbar vertebra].
abstract: A rare observation of the lumbar vertebra giant-cell tumour with growth into the surrounding soft tissue in a girl of 12, is described. It is pointed out that only radical surgical intervention is required for the treatment of giant-cell tumours, with subsequent replacement of the bone defect with an auto- or allotransplant. The authors state that one cannot judge the malignant course of the tumour basing on the histological picture only. Therefore the subdividing giant-cell tumours into "benign" and "malignant" is largely formal.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008159:Lumbar Vertebrae; D010017:Osteoma, Osteoid / Q000473:pathology*; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
vernacular_title: Gigantokletochnaia opukhol' poiasnichnogo pozvonka.