A solitary pleural metastasis of benign giant cell tumor of bone. Issue 3 (7th April 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mitsui, Ai; Saji, Hisashi; Doi, Masatomo; Hoshikawa, Masahiro; Hayashi, Akinobu; Nakamura, Haruhiko
• Is Part Of: Respirology case reports. Volume 4:Issue 3(2016:Sep.)
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• Publication Date: 2016-04-07
• Subjects: Mediastinal tumor -- metastases -- pleura; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.2005
• DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.147
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-3380

Abstract

Abstract: Giant cell tumor of bone (GCTB) usually appears as a benign tumor. We describe an extremely rare case of a metastatic pleural tumor arising from a benign GCTB. The patient had undergone radial resection of a GCTB in his left wrist. After 6 years, he was sent to us for diagnosis of a large mass detected upon routine radiographic screening. We resected the tumor, which was found to be a solitary pleural metastasis of GCTB and had evidently spread arterially. To our knowledge, this is the first report of its kind. Abstract : We encountered an extremely rare case of a solitary pleural metastasis of a benign giant cell tumor of bone. Contrast‐enhanced CT suspected anterior mediastinum primary tumor such as a thymoma with cystic degeneration and others.