Abstract
A 21-year-old woman was admitted to our department due to left wrist pain and swelling. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a T1W hypointense, T2W heterogeneously hyperintense mass in the medial aspect of her left wrist, encasing the pollicis tendons (Figure 1). The lesion was shown heterogeneous contrast enhancement (Figure 2). The patient was operated and the lesion was proved to be giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath histopathologically.
Highlights
A 21-year-old woman was admitted to our department due to left wrist pain and swelling
The giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath is a benign and uncommon lesion arising from the synovium of a bursa, joint or tendon sheath [1]
The giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath frequently presents as a firm, slow growing, multilobular, non-tender mass located adjacent to the tendon [3]
Summary
A Rare Case Report: The Giant Cell Tumor of the Tendon Sheath in Wrist Serdar Arslan*, Hasan Erdogan, Mehmet Sedat Durmaz, Fatma Zeynep Arslan, Fatih Oncu and Vefa Oner *Corresponding author: Serdar Arslan, MD, Specialist, Department of Radiology, University of Health Sciences, Konya Education and Research Hospital, 42090, Meram, Konya, Turkey, Tel: +905-558-660-621, E-mail: arslanserdar10@gmail.com
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