ABSTRACT
We report 3 cases of an unusual tumor, that is, the giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. The patients consulted due to the appearance of a well-defined, painless, soft tissue mass with mild-to-moderate inflammation located in the thumbs or toes. These clinical data, together with the bone scan findings, oriented the diagnostic suspicion that was confirmed by a pathology study of the tumor after resection. This work has aimed to review the characteristics of the bone scan (BS) image of this tumor and its correlation with the conventional X-ray imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
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Bone and Bones/diagnostic imaging , Giant Cell Tumors/diagnostic imaging , Giant Cell Tumors/pathology , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Tendons , Adolescent , Adult , Female , Humans , Male , Radionuclide ImagingABSTRACT
Presentamos 3 casos de un tumor poco usual: el tumor de células gigantes de la vaina tendinosa. Los pacientes consultaron por la aparición de una masa de partes blandas, delimitada y no dolorosa, acompañada de leve-moderada inflamación, localizada en un dedo de la mano o el pie. Estos datos clínicos junto con las características gammagráficas orientaron la sospecha diagnóstica, que se confirmó mediante el estudio anatomopatológico de la lesión tras su exéresis quirúrgica. El objetivo del trabajo es revisar las características de la imagen gammagráfica ósea de este tumor y su correlación con la radiografía convencional y la resonancia magnética nuclear(AU)
We report 3 cases of an unusual tumor, that is, the giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath. The patients consulted due to the appearance of a well-defined, painless, soft tissue mass with mild-to-moderate inflammation located in the thumbs or toes. These clinical data, together with the bone scan findings, oriented the diagnostic suspicion that was confirmed by a pathology study of the tumor after resection. This work has aimed to review the characteristics of the bone scan (BS) image of this tumor and its correlation with the conventional X-ray imaging and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)(AU)
