A Case of Benign Giant Cell Tumor of Hyoid Bone

Oh, Seung Cheol; Lee, Woo Sub; Jang, Il Whan; Lee, Sang Hag

doi:10.35420/jcohns.1994.5.1.129

J Clin Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 1994; 5(1):129-132

pISSN: 1225-0244, eISSN: 2713-833X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.35420/jcohns.1994.5.1.129

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설골에 발생한 양성 거대세포종양 치험 1례

오승철¹, 이우섭¹, 장일환¹, 이상학¹

A Case of Benign Giant Cell Tumor of Hyoid Bone

Seung Cheol Oh¹, Woo Sub Lee¹, Il Whan Jang¹, Sang Hag Lee¹

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¹고려대학교 의과대학 이비인후과학교실

¹Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, College of Medicine, Korea University

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Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Giant cell tumor is a tumor involving extremities, especially lower extremities but rarely in the neck area. These tumors occur over 20 years age, female predominent, in oriental than in western. The tumor grow fast and the symptoms were developed less than 1 year before the operation. No distant metastases are reported, although there was local recurrence after mass excision.

Histopathologically, the giant cell tumor has the features of osteoclasts within a fibrous connective tissue stroma, metastatic bone formation and neovascularization. Also it is distinguished from malignant giant cell tumors by observing no feature of a high degree of cellularity of the stromal spindle cell tissue and no presence of numerous mitoses.

Recently, the authors experienced a case of giant cell tumor of the hyoid bone in 32-year old female presenting left painless palpable mass which is noted 3 months ago.

Keywords: Giant cell tumor; Hyoid bone