Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Tenosynovial giant cell tumors as accidental findings after episodes of distortion of the ankle: two case reports | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Tenosynovial giant cell tumors as accidental findings after episodes of distortion of the ankle two case reports Christian Illian 1 Horst-Rainer Kortmann1 Hans Otto Kunstler2 Ludger W Poll1 and Markus Schofer3 Address 1Berufsgenossenschaftliche Unfallklinik Duisburg GmbH Grossenbaumer Allee 250 47249 Duisburg Germany 2Institut fur Pathologie Evangelisches Krankenhaus Bethesda Duisburg Heerstr. 219 47053 Duisburg Germany and 3Universitatsklinikum Marburg Baldingerstrasse 35043 Marburg Germany Email Christian Illian - drillian@ Horst-Rainer Kortmann - Hans Otto Kunstler - Ludger W Poll - lpoll@ Markus Schofer - schofer@ Corresponding author Published 15 December 2009 Received 6 May 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 9331 doi l752-l947-3-933l Accepted 15 December 2009 This article is available from http content 3 l 933l 2009 Illian et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Tenosynovial giant cell tumors are benign tumors of uncertain pathogenesis. They occur in the joints tendons and synovial bursas. Due to a high recurrence rate of up to 50 some authors call a giant cell tumor a semimalignant tumor. To date less than 10 cases of tenosynovial giant cell tumor of the ankle have been published in the international medical literature. Case presentation In this case report we present two patients with localized tumors that were detected accidentally after the occurrence of ankle sprains with persisting pain in the joint. The tumors were resected by open marginal surgery and regular follow-up .
