Tumor de células gigantes de fémur distal com metástases pulmonares

AbstractGian cell is normally a benign primary skeletal lesion located in the epiphysis of the long bones. It is more frequente in the third and fourth decades of life but can exhibit the behaviour of a malignant tumour with distal metatasis. Up to 10% of patients present distal metatasis, usually in the lung, and it is concomitant to recurrence in the primary site. The treatment of primary tumour is extensive surgical resection. We report a case of a 35-year-old patient with lung metatases 21 months after curettage of giant cell tumour in distal femur.Rev Port Pneumol 2010; XVI (2): 331-33