Inferior Vena Caval Tumor Thrombus in Giant Cell Tumor of Sacrum - An Unusual Complication Treated with Multimodality Management.
BACKGROUND
Giant cell tumor is the most common benign lesion encountered. It accounts for 5 % of all skeletal tumors. It mainly affects the epiphysis of long bones and rarely axial bones. In axial bones, sacrum is the most common site to be affected.


METHODS
A 23 year old female with giant cell tumor of sacrum was treated initially with conservative treatment (serial angioembolisation and bisphosphonates). Later intralesional curettage was done as the patient started developing bladder and bowel disturbances after two sessions of angioembolisation. Six months later patient again presented with pain at the primary lesion site and bilateral limb swelling. Imaging revealed recurrence of the disease and tumor thrombus extending into the inferior vena cava up to the subhepatic region.


CONCLUSIONS
Treatment of sacral GCT (Giant Cell Tumor) poses a unique challenge to the treating surgeon because of the close proximity of vital neurovascular structures, viscera and associated complications related to the disease. Tumor thrombi are a very rare phenomenon associated with giant cell tumors of the bone. High index of suspicion and multimodality approach is the key in treating such challenging tumors and their complications.
Department of surgical oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.
Ashish
A
Gulia
Department of surgical oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.
Ajay
A
Puri
Department of surgical oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.
Suman
S
Byregowda
Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.
Bharat
B
Rekhi
Department of Raditaion Oncology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.
Siddhartha
S
Laskar
Department of Intervention Radiology, Tata Memorial Centre, Mumbai, India.
Nitin
N
Shetty
Giant cell tumor; Sacrum; Tumor thrombus