A case of giant cell tumor arising from the rib

Abstract

A 62-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a two-month history of swelling on the left side of his chest wall. A computed tomography scan revealed a 4×5 cm lesion associated with destruction of the left 8th rib. As no other lesions were present, we suspected it to be a primary rib tumor. The tumor was completely resected, and the chest wall defect was covered with a GORE-TEX^® sheet. The pathological diagnosis was a giant cell tumor of bone without significant cell atypia.