title: [Dorsal removal and stabilization of giant cell tumor of the thoracic spine].
abstract: The incidence of giant cell tumors accounts for less than 5% of all bone tumors. In the thoracic spine these tumors are extremely rare (1-1.5% of the giant-cell tumors). The potential malignant character of giant cell tumors of the spine usually leads to wide surgical extirpation by ventral approach. The filling of bone defects with palacos cement after tumor resection is sufficient in the metaphysis of long bones. The case presented here is a giant cell tumor of the upper thoracic spine with primarily posterior destruction of the vertebral body and left arch. A single dorsal approach allowed for intralesional resection and filling of the defect with bone cement. This procedure was sufficient to achieve a solid fixation without recurrence of the giant cell tumor.
authors.affiliation: Unfall- und Wiederherstellungschirurgie, Universitätsklinikum Charité, Medizinische Fakultät der Humboldt Universität zu Berlin.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Weisskopf
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: T N
authors.initials: TN
authors.lastname: Lehmann
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Melcher
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001843:Bone Cements; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D013125:Spinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements
vernacular_title: Dorsale Ausräumung und Stabilisierung bei Riesenzelltumor der Brustwirbelsäule.