Benign giant cell tumour of bone in a child with pulmonary metastases at presentation.
The clinical course of a 14-year-old boy who presented with a giant cell tumour of bone with pulmonary metastases is reported. There was a partial response to chemotherapy which included vincristine, adriamycin, ifosfamide, carboplatinum and etoposide. Two enlarging metastatic lung lesions were later resected because of chest pain, with symptomatic improvement. The patient is currently well almost 7 years from diagnosis despite the presence of radiological disease.
Ashraf
M S
MS
Dept of Paediatric Oncology, Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland.
Gururangan
S
S
Breatnach
F
F
D000293:Adolescent; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography