A rare case of giant cell tumour of olecranon

oleh: Zile Singh Kundu, Umesh Yadav, Vinod Kamboj, Himansu Bhusan Behera

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01

Deskripsi

The report describes a rare case of giant cell tumor (GST) of olecranon in a 34-year-old lady who presented with pain and swelling in the left elbow after trivial trauma. Radiologically, an expansile lytic lesion in the olecranon was noticed and a fine-needle aspiration cytology proved out to be a GST. The lesion was treated with an extended curettage and autograft. The patient on regular follow-up reported full painless range of motion of elbow and there was no recurrence of the lesion.