title: Distal tibial giant cell tumour treated with curettage and stabilisation with an Ilizarov frame.
abstract: A 36-year-old man presented with a long history of pain in his left ankle. Imaging and biopsy confirmed this to be a giant cell tumour of bone. This was treated with curettage of the lesion and stabilisation with an Ilizarov frame. After a prolonged course of rehabilitation he has excellent function and has returned to hill walking and there is no evidence of recurrence of the giant cell tumour.
authors.affiliation: Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital, Oswestry, UK. grcibb@hotmail.com
authors.forename: G L
authors.initials: GL
authors.lastname: Cribb
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cool
authors.forename: S O
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Mangham
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003475:Curettage; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D018889:Ilizarov Technique; D008297:Male; D013977:Tibia