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Pulmonary Metastatic Giant Cell Tumors Presenting as Totally Hyalinized and Ossified Nodules
- Source :
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 93:2044-2047
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2012.
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Abstract
- We report a case of giant cell tumor of the left distal femur with simultaneous bilateral pulmonary metastases. Pathologic examination of the left lung nodule showed a metastatic giant cell tumor with a noncontinuous ossified rim, and the right lung nodules were totally hyalinized or ossified without residual giant cell tumor components. Hyalinization was a consistent finding in both the primary bone lesion and the pulmonary metastases. Because the patient did not receive chemotherapy or radiotherapy before her surgical procedure, we believe that these changes represent spontaneous tumor regression.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
Hyalin
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Lung Neoplasms
medicine.medical_treatment
Diagnosis, Differential
Lesion
medicine
Humans
Femur
Giant Cell Tumors
Pneumonectomy
Lung
Hyaline
Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
business.industry
Femoral Neoplasms
Ossification, Heterotopic
Nodule (medicine)
Radiation therapy
Primary bone
medicine.anatomical_structure
Neoplasm Regression, Spontaneous
Giant cell
Multiple Pulmonary Nodules
Female
Surgery
Radiology
Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
medicine.symptom
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00034975
- Volume :
- 93
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....724a212d2a668ec26b58086638a43ce2
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.10.055