title: Epiphyseal giant cell tumour in an immature skeleton.
abstract: It is well known that giant cell tumours of the bone rarely occur below the age of 20 years. Many radiologists and orthopaedicians do not even consider giant cell tumours as a differential diagnosis from a lytic lesion before epiphyseal closure. This is a rare case report of a 14-year-old girl with proven giant cell tumour of the epiphysis of the distal femur.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Lokmanya Tilak Municipal Medical College and Hospital, Mumbai, 400022, India. gandhe_ashish@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gandhe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sankhe
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Aeron
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Joshi
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods; D002804:Chondroblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004838:Epiphyses / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005269:Femur / Q000473:pathology*; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed