Case Report
Giant Cell Tumor in a Patient with Osteopetrosis: A Case Report
Andalib A1 and Rahimian A2*1Department of Orthopedics, Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
2Spinal Surgery subspecialist, Department of Orthopedics, Al-Zahra Hospital, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
- *Corresponding Author:
- Rahimian A
Department of General Surgery, Al-Zahra Hospital, Sofeh street
Isfahan, Iran
Tel: +989166318339
E-mail: rahimian521@gmail.com
Received date: August 27, 2017; Accepted date: September 05, 2017; Published date: September 12, 2017
Citation: Andalib A, Rahimian A (2017) Giant Cell Tumor in a Patient with Osteopetrosis: A Case Report. J Orthop Oncol 3:122. doi:10.4172/2472-016X.1000122
Copyright: © 2017 Andalib A, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Introduction: Osteopetrosis, a rare disorder due to osteoclast dysfunction, which causes resorption dysfunction. These patients have brittle bones prone to osteomyelitis.
Case presentation: A 14-years male referred with complaint of chronic low back . He was treated with analgesics but with no pain relief, thus imaging was requested and a mass at the site of left body and pedicle of L5 was detected. The patient underwent tumor resection. The mass was diagnosed as giant cell tumor (GCT).
Conclusion: Due to the association of osteoclast dysfunction with both GCT and osteopetrosis, patients with osteopetrosis may be at higher risk of GCT.
