Giant cell tumor
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Background
- Benign tumor that is locally aggressive causing osteolytic destruction
- Although classified as benign lesions, metastasis does occur in a small percentage of patients, typically to lungs
- These are known as benign pulmonary implants as they do not carry the same poor prognostic implication as lung metastasis from other malignancies
- 3 to 5 percent of all primary bone tumors
- Around 20 percent in the Chinese population
- Increased incidence in patients who have been diagnosed with Paget disease of the bone