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GIANT CELL TUMOUR OF SECOND METATARSAL BONE - A CASE REPORT

ANBARASAN .

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Giant cell tumours are locally aggressive tumours occurring at epiphysio-mataphyseal region of skeletally          mature individuals.Commonly occurs at distal femur and               proximal tibia.Giant cell tumour of foot are rare. A 40 years old female patient, who came with a slowly growing osteolytic lesion at the second metatarsal bone. Her magnetic                 resonance imaging showed there was no extra osseous  extension and incisional biopsy of the lesion confirmed it as giant cell tumour. Enbloc excision and fibular strut graft              fixation with K-wire was done.


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