title: Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath mimicking pyogenic granuloma in the index finger pulp: a case report.
abstract: We report a 75-year-old man who presented with a painless friable mass in the index finger pulp mimicking pyogenic granuloma. Complete excision of the mass was done. The radiological and the histopathological findings suggested giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. The patient had no recurrence at the end of a two-year follow-up. This unusual clinical presentation of the giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath was our study base and adds up to its variant presentation in the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Hand and Reconstructive Microsurgery, Apollo Speciality Hospitals, K K Nagar, Madurai 625 020, India. terrencejose@gmail.com
authors.forename: J Terrence Jose
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Jerome
authors.forename: Kumar
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Venkatesan
authors.forename: Amarnath
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: G
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Rani
authors.forename: Rohini
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sridhar
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005385:Fingers; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D017789:Granuloma, Pyogenic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male