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Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society 2005;37(6): 462-465. |
| Giant Cell Tumor of the Temporal Bone in an Old Patient. |
| Kyung Il Paek, Seon Hwan Kim, Shi Hun Song, Youn Kim |
| Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea. neons@cnuh.co.kr |
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| ABSTRACT |
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We report a case of a 67-year-old woman with giant cell tumor of the temporal bone. A 67-year-old woman presented with localized tenderness, swelling, sensory dysesthesia, dizziness, and headache over the left temporal bone. She was neurologically intact except left hearing impairment, with a nonmobile, tender, palpable mass over the left temporal area. A brain computed tomography(CT) scans showed a relatively well defined heterogenous soft tissue mass with multiple intratumoral cyst and radiolucent, osteolytic lesions involving the left temporal bone. The patient underwent a left frontotemporal craniotomy and zygoma osteotomy with total mass removal. Permanent histopathologic sections revealed a giant cell tumor. She remains well clinically and without tumor recurrence at 2 years after total resection. |
| Key Words:
Giant cell tumor; Temporal bone; Old patient |
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