Chen YS, Kao HW, Huang HY, Huang TW. Traumatic giant cell tumor of rib: A case report. World J Clin Cases 2022; 10(24): 8662-8666 [PMID: 36157794 DOI: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i24.8662]
Corresponding Author of This Article
Tsai-Wang Huang, Doctor, PhD, Doctor, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325 Section 2 Chenggong Road, Neihu District, Taipei 11490, Taiwan. chi-wang@yahoo.com.tw
Research Domain of This Article
Surgery
Article-Type of This Article
Case Report
Open-Access Policy of This Article
This article is an open-access article which was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Ying-Shian Chen, Department of Surgery, Taichung Armed Forces General Hospital, Taichung 41168, Taiwan
Ying-Shian Chen, Tsai-Wang Huang, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei 11490, Taiwan
Hon-We Kao, Department of Pathology, Tungs’ Taichung Metroharbor Hospital, Taichung 43503, Taiwan
Hsin-Ya Huang, Department of Surgery, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua 50006, Taiwan
Author contributions: Chen YS analyzed the data and wrote the manuscript; Kao HW provided the histopathology description and image; Huang TW designed and directed the study; all authors contributed to the review.
Informed consent statement: Informed written consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this report and any accompanying images.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All authors report no relevant conflict of interest for this article.
CARE Checklist (2016) statement: The authors have read the CARE Checklist (2016), and the manuscript was prepared and revised according to the CARE Checklist (2016).
Open-Access: This article is an open-access article that was selected by an in-house editor and fully peer-reviewed by external reviewers. It is distributed in accordance with the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt, build upon this work non-commercially, and license their derivative works on different terms, provided the original work is properly cited and the use is non-commercial. See: https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/
Corresponding author: Tsai-Wang Huang, Doctor, PhD, Doctor, Department of Surgery, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, No. 325 Section 2 Chenggong Road, Neihu District, Taipei 11490, Taiwan. chi-wang@yahoo.com.tw
Received: March 2, 2022 Peer-review started: March 2, 2022 First decision: April 19, 2022 Revised: June 6, 2022 Accepted: July 18, 2022 Article in press: July 18, 2022 Published online: August 26, 2022
Abstract
BACKGROUND
Giant cell tumor (GCT) of the anterior rib origin is extremely rare. We report the first case of trauma-induced GCT of the rib.
CASE SUMMARY
A 22-year-old female developed a mass over the right anterior chest wall with pain 3 mo after a falling injury with blunt trauma of the right chest wall. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a tumor originating from the right 6th rib with bony destruction, and a CT-guided needle biopsy revealed a GCT. We completely resected the tumor with chest wall and performed reconstruction. The pathological diagnosis was GCT of the bone. Twelve months after surgery, no signs of recurrence were observed.
CONCLUSION
GCT of the rib after trauma has not been reported. Meticulous history-taking and image evaluation are essential for the differential diagnosis of unusual chest wall tumors.
