title: Giant cell tumor of the lateral skull base: a case report.
abstract: Giant cell tumors of the temporal bone are very rare lesions. They should be differentiated from other giant cell lesions of bone, mainly reparative granulomas. A case with a very huge giant cell tumor of the temporal bone extending to the infratemporal fossa, temporomandibular joint, and greater wing of the sphenoid has been presented. Because of their tendency for recurrence, total removal is the treatment of choice for these tumors and was accomplished through the infratemporal fossa approach type B. A follow-up of 2 years and 9 months revealed no evidence of tumor recurrence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Alexandria University, Egypt.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: A K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Taibah
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Naguib
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aristegui
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vassallo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landolfi
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sanna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010579:Petrous Bone / Q000473:pathology; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D013704:Temporomandibular Joint / Q000473:pathology; D015050:Zygoma / Q000473:pathology