Objectives: To report a giant cell tumor (GCT) of temporal bone and infratemporal fossa and to review the literature pertinent to the care of such patients. Study Design: Case report and review of the literature. Methods: A review of the literature was conducted using Pubmed and the key words tempor
Giant cell tumour of the temporal bone: Case report and review of the literature
β Scribed by Sheikh, Mehraj ;Chisti, Fayaz A ;Sinan, Tariq
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 36 KB
- Volume
- 43
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0004-8461
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β¦ Synopsis
This paper presents an expansile lesion of the temporal bone, in a 14βyearβold boy, that was initially diagnosed as intraβosseous meningioma from CT appearance. At histopathology a final diagnosis of giant cell tumour was made. A brief review of the literature is presented for this rare case.
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