Giant-cell tumour of the lumbar spine. Case report.
Giant-cell tumours of the spine are very rare. They occur mainly in long bones. We report a patient with a giant-cell tumour of the lumbar spine which had been operated on at another hospital 5 months previously as a protruded lumbar intervertebral disc.
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Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey.
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D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery