title: Long-term survival of a patient with a giant-cell tumor of the sphenoid body: a case report.
abstract: Giant-cell tumors (osteoclastomas) of the sphenoid body are rare, histologically benign lesions that can grow in different directions within the bony structures of the skull base. To date, the precise role of the different surgical strategies (radical versus partial resection; biopsy) and of supplementary postoperative radiotherapy remains undefined due to the short follow-up of the majority of the reported cases. We present a patient who is alive without symptoms or signs of recurrence 44 years after a macroscopically radical excision of the neoplasm followed by radiotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, University of Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pau
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schrbundt Viale
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pesce
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pisani
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012888:Skull Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013100:Sphenoid Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery