Korean J Otolaryngol-Head Neck Surg.  1998 Aug;41(8):1087-1090.

A Case of Giant Cell Tumor of Bilateral Maxilla with Paget's Disease

• Won YS
• Lee AR
• Cho JH
• Yoon HR

Abstract

Giant cell tumors acount for 4% of all bone tumors and usually occur in the epiphyses of long bones and rarely involve the head and neck region, representing about 9% of them. The incidence of giant cell tumor arising in Paget's disease, which is characterized by a bizarre and greatly exaggerated skeletal turnover, is probably less than 0.2%. We experienced a case of giant cell tumor in the bilateral maxilla with Paget's disease of bone, which was treated by excision and curettage of the tumor mass via endoscopic approach.

Keyword

Giant cell tumor; Maxilla; Paget's disease

MeSH Terms

Curettage
Epiphyses
Giant Cell Tumors*
Giant Cells*
Head
Incidence
Maxilla*
Neck
Osteitis Deformans