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GIANT CELL TUMOUR OF PATELLA

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Title: GIANT CELL TUMOUR OF PATELLA

Authors: Younus Soomro , Asim Hussain 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1992

Volume: 42

Issue: 11

Language: English

Categories
Giant Cell Tumor (1) Bone Tumors (13) Pathology (12652) Orthopedics (5296) Oncology (10297)

Abstract

The giant cell tumour (osteoclastoma) account for only 4% of all bony tumours1. Tumour of the patella are rare but whenever they occur the commonest is the giant cell tumour2. The classic location is around the knee joint and it starts in the epiphysis spreading to the metaphysis and may erode the contex in 25% of the cases. Approximately 10% of these tumours have a malignant course3.

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