title: [Giant cell tumor of the 4th metacarpal bone of the left hand. Apropos of a case].
abstract: He is a 46 year old patient that consults on a tumor that deforms the back of his left hand. The X-ray examination shows a bone osteolytic tumor with complete dis appearance of the 4th metacarpal. Surgical removal of the tumor was practiced with immediate reconstruction of the 4th metacarpal by an oseo-iliac graft. Anatomopathological examination. It is an ovoid tumor 6.5 long and irregular surface.
authors.affiliation: Clinique des Urgences Traumatologiques et Chirurgie de la Main Las Mercedes, Caracas, Venezuela.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Kamel
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Pinto
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Potenza
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michelena
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Perez Signini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fuenmayor
mesh_terms: D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D015726:Giant Cells / Q000473:pathology; D006227:Hand Deformities, Acquired / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D010010:Osteoclasts / Q000473:pathology; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography