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Giant cell tumor of bone in an eighteenth-century Italian mummy
- Source :
- Virchows Archiv
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2021.
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Abstract
- Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the bone is a locally aggressive and rarely metastasizing neoplasm. It is composed of neoplastic mononuclear stromal cells with a monotonous appearance admixed with macrophages and osteoclast-like giant cells. In a small subset of cases, GCT is malignant. Terminology previously related to this entity, and which is no longer supported by the World Health Organization, includes osteoclastoma and benign fibrous histiocytoma (BFH). Giant cells occur in numerous other pathologic conditions of the bone, which accounts for the misrepresentation of these non-GCT tumors in the early literature. Non-ossifying fibroma (NOF), aneurysmal bone cyst, and chondroblastoma have been erroneously labeled GCT for this reason. A single description of an ancient GCT was reported by Brothwell and Sandison and subsequently mentioned by Aufderheide and Rodrìguez-Martìn who were astonished that more of these tumors had not been identified in archaeological cases. To the best of our knowledge, no other cases of ancient GCT have been cited in the paleopathology literature. The study of this type of neoplasm in antiquity can be used as a means to better understand its characteristics and behavior and to expand the depth of time of the etiology of these lesions. We report a case of GCT of the left femur observed following the total body CT imaging of a partially mummified adult female, dating to eighteenth century.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty
Fibrous cortical defect
Osteoclastoma
Chondroblastoma
History, 18th Century
Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Osteoclastic giant cell–rich tumors
Predictive Value of Tests
medicine
Neoplasm
Humans
Molecular Biology
Paleopathology
Giant Cell Tumor of Bone
Benign fibrous histiocytoma
business.industry
Femoral Neoplasms
Cell Biology
General Medicine
Aneurysmal bone cyst
Non-ossifying fibroma
Mummies
medicine.disease
Osteoclastic giant cell–rich tumor
Italy
Giant cell
Original Article
Female
Giant cell tumor
Fibroma
business
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Giant-cell tumor of bone
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14322307 and 09456317
- Volume :
- 479
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Virchows Archiv
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....c153d99b4f536f37197dfb9266d26a0c