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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Rev Bras Ortop (Sao Paulo) 2022; 57(05): 802-806
DOI: 10.1055/s-0042-1744498
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Oncologia

Treatment of Patients Diagnosed with Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: Experience of a Philanthropic Hospital in the State of Piauí, Brazil[*]

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Leonardo Telles Alves de Aguiar 
1   Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brasil
,
Juliani Barros Moura de Vasconcelos 
2   Associação Piauiense de Combate ao Câncer Alcenor Almeida, Hospital São Marcos, Teresina, PI, Brasil
,
Marcelo Barbosa Ribeiro 
3   Universidade Federal do Piauí, Teresina, PI, Brasil
4   Associação Piauiense de Combate ao Câncer Alcenor Almeida, Hospital São Marcos, Teresina, PI, Brasil
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Abstract

Objective To evaluate the treatment of patients with giant cell tumors of bone treated from 2009 to 2019 in a philanthropic hospital, as well as to try and determine the regional clinical and epidemiological profile, aiming to enrich the Brazilian data set and compare our findings with those of the literature.

Methods An analytical, observational, and cross-sectional study with retrospective data collection and a quantitative approach, analyzing medical records of patients with giant cell tumors treated at a philanthropic hospital from 2009 to 2019.

Results We evaluated 49 medical records; 55.1% of the patients were women, 53.1% were aged between 20 and 40 years, 69.4% of the cases were Campanacci grade III, and 30.6% affected the proximal end of the tibia. The rate of pathological fractures secondary to the tumor and pulmonary metastasis was low. More than 69% of the patients underwent intralesional surgery. Recurrence occurred in 16.3% of the cases.

Conclusion The criteria used for the diagnosis, classification, and treatment at our service followed the standards established by the literature, and they can guide further research and improve local prognosis in the future.

Keywords

giant cell tumors/diagnosis - giant cell tumors/classification - bone neoplasms

* Study conducted at Associação Piauiense de Combate ao Câncer Alcenor Almeida, Hospital São Marcos, Teresina, PI, Brazil.




Publication History

Received: 27 January 2021

Accepted: 20 January 2022

Article published online:
07 July 2022

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