Resección marginal de tumor de células gigantes en el húmero proximal izquierdo y colocación de prótesis artesanal de metilmetacrilato. Presentación de un caso clínico.

Giant cell tumor is a benign and aggressive tumor, it represents approximately among 5 to 9% of totality of primary bone tumors. This tumor appear principally in patients between 20 to 40 years old, the knee is the more common location. The clinic course is unpredictable, The patient can be asymptomatic and we detect the tumor as a radiology discovery or sometimes can present pain and local inflammation whit variable function limitation, sometimes the patients ask for medical attention by the presence of pathologic fracture in the tumor site. The X ray is the basis for the diagnosis. Clinical case: Female patient of 26 years old with a giant cell tumor located in a left proximal humerus, which was treated with tumor resection and placement of a craft prothesis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]