title: Lung metastases of diffuse giant cell tumour of the fibular tendon sheath at the ankle: A case report.
abstract: Diffuse giant cell tumours of the tendon sheaths are described in the literature as locally aggressive soft-tissue tumours. We report the case of a 56-year-old male with a history of multiple surgical procedures for a giant cell tumour of the fibular tendon sheath at the right ankle. The multiple recurrences prompted monitoring by positron-emission tomography, which showed lung tumours. Biopsies confirmed that the tumours were metastases from the giant cell tumour of the tendon sheath. In patients with recurrent and/or diffuse giant cell tumour, positron-emission tomography is an effective monitoring tool.
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie-traumatologie, hôpital universitaire de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87000 Limoges, France. Electronic address: psmarcheix@orange.fr.
authors.forename: P-S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Marcheix
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie-traumatologie, hôpital universitaire de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87000 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Roger
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomo-cyto-pathologie, institut Bergonié, 229, cours de l'Argonne, CS 61283, 33076 Bordeaux cedex, France.
authors.forename: J-M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Coindre
authors.affiliation: Service d'anatomo-cyto-pathologie, hôpital universitaire de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87000 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pommepuy
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie-traumatologie, hôpital universitaire de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87000 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Charissoux
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie-traumatologie, hôpital universitaire de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87000 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mabit
authors.affiliation: Service d'orthopédie-traumatologie, hôpital universitaire de Limoges, 2, avenue Martin-Luther-King, 87000 Limoges, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fiorenza
mesh_terms: D000842:Ankle; D000843:Ankle Joint; D005870:Giant Cell Tumors / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000601:surgery*; D012983:Soft Tissue Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013710:Tendons
keywords: CT; Computed tomography; Diffuse type; Fibular tendon; Giant cell tumour; Metastasis; PET; Positron-emission tomography; Recurrence