Benign giant-cell tumours of bone with pulmonary metastases and favourable prognosis. Report on two cases and review of the literature.
This paper reports two giant-cell tumours of bone of low-grade malignancy, both complicated by the development of pulmonary metastases in which the histological appearances were identical to those of the primary neoplasm. Ten similar cases in the literature are reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005360:Fibula / Q000473:pathology; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000473:pathology; D011379:Prognosis