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Research Articles Supplement 3 · 2014 · pp. 108–113 · Issue page

RECURRENT GIANT CELL TUMOR OF SUPERIOR PUBIC RAMUS- CASE REPORT

NI
Nica MIHAI1
EN
Ene RAZVAN2
PO
Popescu DAN3
1 Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
2 Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
3 Orthopaedics and Traumatology Department of University Emergency Hospital Bucharest, Romania
Corresponding author: [email protected]
Accepted 27 March 2026
Available Online 15 December 2014
Abstract
GIANT CELL TUMOR (GCT) OF BONE IS A BENING, LOCALLY AGGRESSIVE TUMOR THAT TYPICALLY AFFECTS THE EPIHYSEAL OR METAPHYSEAL REGION OF LONG BONES. GCT OF THE PUBIC RAMUS IS A VER Y RARE ENTITY. WE PRESENT THE CASE OF A 19 YEAR OLD FEMALE DIAGNOSED AND TREATED FOR GCT OF THE SUPERIOR PUBIC RAMUS AT AGE 16 WHO PRESENTED WITH PAIN OF THE RIGHT INGUINAL REGION. THE IMAGING STUDIES REVEALED A LYTIC EXPANSIVE LESION OF THE SUPERIOR PUBI C RAMUS AND HISTOPATHOLOGY CONFIRMED THE DIAGNOSIS OF RECURRENT GCT. SURGICAL EXCISION OF THE TUMOR BY ANTERIOR APPROACH AND GRAFTING WITH CANCELLOUS BONE ALLOGRAFT WAS PERFORMED. GIANT CELL TUMOR OF THE PELVIC BONE IS A RARE ENTITY BUT IT SHOULD BE CONSID ERED ALONG OTHER DIFFERENTIALS, EVEN FOR UNCOMMON AGE GROUPS. RECURRENCE IS POSSIBLE EVEN YEARS AFTER THE SURGICAL TREAMENT WHICH INVOLVES EXCISION WITH OR WITHOUT GRAFTING.
Keywords
GIANT CELL TUMOR PELVIC CURETTAGE RECURRENCE
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