title: [Giant cell tumors of vertebral column].
abstract: Between 1962 and 1993 were treated at the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Academy in Poznań 11 patients (10 women and 1 man) with giant-cell tumours of the spine. Their mean age was (26.27 +/- 17.56) years. In all patients pain was the presenting symptom and 10 had neurological deficits. The cervical, thoracic and lumbo-sacral spine was involved; 9 patients were treated surgically and 3 patients received adjuvant radiotherapy. The follow-up time was from 2 months to 30 years.
authors.affiliation: Katedry i Kliniki Neurochirurgii AM im. Karola Marcinkowskiego, Poznaniu.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jankowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szymaś
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zukiel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tokarz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D013116:Spinal Cord / Q000473:pathology* / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000601:surgery; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000532:radiotherapy / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Guz olbrzymiokomórkowy kregosłupa.