Late recurrence of giant cell tumour of bone after curettage and adjuvant treatment: a case report.
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.
Suehara
Yoshiyuki
Y
Department of Orthopedics, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan. ysuehara@juntendo.ac.jp
Nozawa
Masahiko
M
Kim
Sung-gon
SG
Nagayama
Masataka
M
Kojima
Tomoko
T
Torigoe
Tomoaki
T
Kubota
Daisuke
D
Yazawa
Yasuo
Y
Takagi
Tatsuya
T
Matsumoto
Toshiharu
T
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