Giant Cell Tumor of Dorsal Vertebrae-A Rare Case Report with Review of Literature

Abstract

A year old well built male presented to the Orthopaedics clinic with major complaints of low backache with both lower limbs weakness and disturbed bladder bowel habits An osteolytic lesion was seen at tenth thoracic vertebra with anterior compression on the spinal cord on radio imaging Giant cell tumor GCT of dorsal vertebral body is an uncommon entity and total en bloc excision is difficult Complete intralesional tumor excision with reconstruction was performed Histopathological examination was suggestive of GCT Our patient is doing well after one year of follow up without any signs of recurrence of the tumor and is ambulant with support We discuss in brief about incidence presentation and various treatment modalities available for spinal GCT