Long-term survival of a patient with a giant-cell tumor of the sphenoid body: a case report
Pau, A.; Schrbundt Viale, E.; Pesce, C.; Pisani, R.
Tumori 85(2): 137-139
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0300-8916 PMID: 10363082 Document Number: 505465
Giant-cell tumors (osteoclastomas) of the sphenoid body are rare, histologically benign lesions that can grow in different directions within the bony structures of the skull base. To date, the precise role of the different surgical strategies (radical versus partial resection; biopsy) and of supplementary postoperative radiotherapy remains undefined due to the short follow-up of the majority of the reported cases. We present a patient who is alive without symptoms or signs of recurrence 44 years after a macroscopically radical excision of the neoplasm followed by radiotherapy.