title: Surgical resection and reconstruction for a giant cell tumor of the anterior rib.
abstract: Giant cell tumors (GCTs) are rare neoplasms, most commonly arising in the metaphysis/epiphysis of long bones. They consist of multinucleated giant cells with surrounding spindle-shaped mononuclear stromal cells. GCTs rarely appear in the ribs. We report a case of a GCT originating from the anterior arc of the fourth rib in a 31-year-old man who presented with a progressively growing thoracic mass in the left anterior chest wall. Thoracotomy involving en bloc resection of the chest wall and tumor and a reconstruction of the chest wall were performed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Surgical Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, 3-39-22 Showa-machi, Maebashi, Gunma 371-8511, Japan. akmogi@showa.gunma-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mogi
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kosaka
authors.forename: Ei
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Yamaki
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirato
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kuwano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019651:Plastic Surgery Procedures; D012272:Ribs / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery*; D035441:Thoracic Wall / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D013908:Thoracotomy / Q000379:methods*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed