Benign Giant Cell Tumor of the Foot Originating from Talonavicular Joint英文文献资料.docVIP

Open Journal of Orthopedics, 2012, 2, 56-58 /10.4236/ojo.2012.22011 Published Online June 2012 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojo) Benign Giant Cell Tumor of the Foot Originating from Talonavicular Joint* Hakan Cift , Korhan Ozkan , Serkan Senol , Esat Uygur , Harzem Ozger 1# 1 2 1 3 1 Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medeniyet University, ?stanbul, 2 Turkey; 3 Department of Pathology, Goztepe Education and Research Hospital, Istanbul Medeniyet University, ?stanbul, Turkey; Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatology, ?stanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, ?stanbul, Turkey. # Email: { hakanturancift, drserkansenol, harzemo}@, {korhanozkan, esatuygur}@ Received March 15 , 2012; revised April 20 , 2012; accepted May 18 , 2012 th th th ABSTRACT Benign Giant Cell Tumor is a relatively common benign lesion which usually appears as an enlarging painless mass and has a synovial origin. Although benign giant cell tumors generally involve tendon sheaths, they are infrequently do- cumented in the foot. A 45 years old female presented with a complaint of a lump on the top of her left foot. Under general anesthesia with a pneumatic tourtniquet the mass excised with great care not to leave any residual tumor tissue that can cause recurrence. Benign giant cell tumor of the foot can be associated with talonavicular joint capsule which can be detected with MRI imaging and total excision of the lesion is mandatory to prevent recurrence. Keywords: Giant Cell Tumor; Talonavicular Joint 1. Introduction joint. No bony involvement was noted (Figure 2). Benign Giant Cell Tumor is a relatively common benign l