Abstract

MARTINEZ, Diego F.; CASASCO, Juan P.; DE BONIS, Cristian  and  BERNER, Silvia I.. Tumor de células gigantes de base de cráneo: Reporte de 2 casos y revisión de la bibliografía. Rev. argent. neurocir. [online]. 2007, vol.21, n.3. ISSN 1850-1532.

Objectives: Presentation of two cases of a pathology of the skull base of very low frequency in world-wide literature Material and methods: First case: Male patient, 25 years old. The RMN of brain showed a lesion in selar, supra and paraselar location .Second case: female patient, 40 years old. The RMN of brain showed right temporal lesion with adjacent bone commitment. Results: Both patients were treated surgically, anatomopathologyic diagnosis was giant cells tumor (GCT). Conclusion: The GCT are generally benign, locally aggressive, the surgical excision has proved to be the most effective treatment. The presentation of this work is due to the scant bibliography reported until the moment on GCT of the skull base.

Keywords : Giant cell tumor (GCT); Skull base; Skull tumor.

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