title: Late recurrence of giant cell tumour of bone after curettage and adjuvant treatment: a case report.
abstract: We report a rare case of late recurrence of a giant cell tumour (GCT) of bone 16 years after curettage and cryosurgery treatment. A 46-year-old man presented with swelling and progressively worsening pain in the lateral aspect of his right distal femur. He had undergone 4 procedures elsewhere to manage a GCT of bone and its recurrence 16 to 23 years previously. He underwent en bloc resection with an adequate wide margin and reconstruction with prosthesis. At the one-year follow-up, there was no evidence of recurrence or metastasis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ysuehara@juntendo.ac.jp
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Suehara
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nozawa
authors.forename: Sung-gon
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Masataka
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nagayama
authors.forename: Tomoko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kojima
authors.forename: Tomoaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Torigoe
authors.forename: Daisuke
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Yasuo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yazawa
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takagi
authors.forename: Toshiharu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Matsumoto
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005266:Femoral Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D013997:Time Factors