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Case Reports
. 2009 Nov;1(6):319-20.

Giant cell tumor of soft tissue of neck: a case report

Amel Trabelsi  1 , Faten Hammedi, Abdelfateh Slama, Soumaya Ben Abdelkarim, Nadia Beïzig, Habib Khochtali, Yacoubi Mohamed Taher, Sadok Korbi
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Giant cell tumor of soft tissue of neck: a case report

Amel Trabelsi et al. N Am J Med Sci. 2009 Nov.

Abstract

Context: Giant cell tumor of soft tissue is a rare primary soft tissue tumor with low malignant potential. It is clinically and pathologically similar to the giant cell tumor of the bone.

Case report: We report a case of a 28-year-old man complaining of a painless solitary nodule arising in the spinal muscle of the neck. Computed tomography suggested a neurogenic tumor, but the diagnosis of giant cell tumor was confirmed after detailed pathological examination. The patient remains disease free five months after diagnosis.

Conclusion: It is important to recognize this pathological entity in order to avoid misdiagnosis with other fibrous tumors associated with giant cells.

Keywords: Giant cell tumor; histopathology; soft tissue neck.

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CT scan: a well-delimited heterogeneous mass of the spinal muscle of the neck.
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photograph of excised specimen: well-circumscribed mass with focal cystic change.
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Tumor shows a mixture of mononuclear cells with multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells (HE × 400).
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Immunoreactivity for CD68 (IHC × 400).
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