Giant cell tumor of the lower end of tibia. Curettage and cement reconstruction. Issue 1 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Osman, Walid; Jerbi, Mohamed; Ben Abdelkrim, Soumaya; Maaref, Khaled; Ben Maitigue, Mahmoud; Ben Ayèche, Mohamed Laziz
• Is Part Of: Foot and ankle surgery. Volume 21:Issue 1(2015:Mar.)
• Page Start: e16
• Page End: e20
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Foot -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Ankle -- Surgery -- Periodicals; Ankle -- surgery -- Periodicals; Foot -- surgery -- Periodicals; Ankle -- Surgery; Foot -- Surgery; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 617.58
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fas.2014.09.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1268-7731

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="author-highlights" id="abs0005"> <title id="sect0005">Highlights</title> <sec> <p id="spar0005"> <list id="lis0005"> <list-item id="lsti0005"> <label></label> <p id="par0005">We describe two cases of giant cell tumor of the lower end of tibia.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0010"> <label></label> <p id="par0010">Ankle localization of giant cell tumor is rare.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0015"> <label></label> <p id="par0015">Giant cell tumor is benign but aggressive with a tendency toward local recurrence.</p> </list-item> <list-item id="lsti0020"> <label></label> <p id="par0020">Intralesional curettage and cement packing is a good treatment option in our cases.</p> </list-item> </list> </p> </sec> </abstract>