Benign metastasizing giant-cell tumor of the hand. Report of a case and review of the literature
López-Barea, F.; Rodríguez-Peralto, J.L.; García-Girón, J.; Guemes-Gordo, F.
Clinical Orthopaedics and Related Research 1992(274): 270-274
1992
ISSN/ISBN: 0009-921X PMID: 1729012 Document Number: 398240
Benign metastasizing giant-cell tumor of the hands is an extremely infrequent neoplasm. A 37-year-old man with one of these neoplasms in the second phalanx of his fifth left finger was examined. Microscopically, the tumor was a conventional Grade 1 giant-cell tumor that metastasized to the lung. Although this tumor is most infrequent, its metastatic potential indicates inclusion of benign metastasizing giant-cell tumor in the differential diagnosis with other giant-cell neoplasms of the hands.