title: Giant cell tumors that originated in the sternum.
abstract: Giant cell tumors originating from the sternum are rare. We report a case of a giant cell tumor of the sternum with radiological evidence of aggressiveness. A 34 year-old woman noted a mass in the anterior chest wall that had been slowly growing over 1 year. After incision biopsy revealed a diagnosis of a giant cell tumor she was treated by surgical resection (subtotal sternectomy) and reconstruction with methylmethacrylate. The tumor was 14×9×8 cm, and histological study confirmed that it was a giant cell tumor. Although giant cell tumors are benign, they are locally aggressive lesions and must be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with a sternal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Mohamed V Military Teaching Hospital, Riad, 10100, Rabat, Morocco.
authors.forename: Akram
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Traibi
authors.forename: Abdellatif
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Boulahya
authors.forename: Hssain
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ihrai
authors.forename: Mohamed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Oukabli
authors.forename: El Hassane
authors.initials: el H
authors.lastname: Kabiri
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D001843:Bone Cements / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D020366:Methylmethacrylate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010027:Osteotomy; D013249:Sternum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D001843:Bone Cements; D020366:Methylmethacrylate