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A Metastatic Giant Cell Tumor of the Soft Tissue of the Thoracic Wall - A case report -  

Shin, Duk-Seop (Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
Lee, Jang-Hoon (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
Choi, Jun-Hyuk (Department of Pathology, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
Chung, Tae-Eun (Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
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Journal of Chest Surgery / v.40, no.7, 2007 , pp. 526-528 More about this Journal
Abstract
A giant cell tumor of bone is a benign bone tumor, but has very high local recurrence rate and, very rarely metastasizes to the lung or a distant area. We report a case of a 29-year-old male patient presenting with a metastatic giant cell tumor of the soft tissue of the chest wall, who underwent a total resection of the radius for recurrence of the giant cell tumor. The tumor was not related to any bony structure of the thorax. We resected the tumor with a wide surgical margin. No evidence of malignancy was seen in the frozen and permanent pathological report.
Keywords
Tumor, benign; Thorax neoplasm; Giant cell tumors; Soft tissue;
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