[Giant-cell tumors: three recurrent cases in young patients].
BACKGROUND
True giant-cell tumor is a rare jaw osteolytic benign tumor belonging to the larger family of giant-cell tumors. It is particular because of the risk of recurrence and potential metastatic spread.


METHODS
Since 1973, we have managed four cases of true giant-cell tumors in our unit. The three cases reported here concerned young patients who developed recurrence after tumorectomy-curettage.


CONCLUSIONS
Based on a literature review we defined this entity among the other giant-cell tumors. We emphasize the importance of early definitive diagnosis based on rigorous clinical and radiological confrontations. Because of its benign nature, the most conservative surgical treatment (tumorectomy-curettage) is generally proposed for the young patient. We noted however that in the three cases presented here, more radical surgical treatment with an enlarged tumorectomy removing the adjacent bone was advisable because of the high risk of recurrence and metastasis.
Sioud
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S
Service de chirurgie maxillofaciale et stomatologie, hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, 47-83, boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651 Paris cedex 13, France.
Bertolus
C
C
Gruffaz
F
F
Ghoul
S
S
Menard
P
P
Bertrand
J-C
JC
Ruhin
B
B
D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007573:Jaw Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local