Giant cell tumor of soft tissue of neck: a case report.
BACKGROUND
Giant cell tumor of soft tissue is a rare primary soft tissue tumor with low malignant potential. It is clinically and pathologically similar to the giant cell tumor of the bone.


METHODS
We report a case of a 28-year-old man complaining of a painless solitary nodule arising in the spinal muscle of the neck. Computed tomography suggested a neurogenic tumor, but the diagnosis of giant cell tumor was confirmed after detailed pathological examination. The patient remains disease free five months after diagnosis.


CONCLUSIONS
It is important to recognize this pathological entity in order to avoid misdiagnosis with other fibrous tumors associated with giant cells.
Department of pathology, Farhat Hached Hospital, Sousse, Tunisia.
Amel
A
Trabelsi
Faten
F
Hammedi
Abdelfateh
A
Slama
Soumaya Ben
SB
Abdelkarim
Nadia
N
Beïzig
Habib
H
Khochtali
Yacoubi Mohamed
YM
Taher
Sadok
S
Korbi