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RALPH PEIMER, M.D., F.A.C.S.

AMA Arch Otolaryngol. 1954;60(2):186-193.

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THE ORIGINAL description of giant-cell tumors of bone appears to be buried in several centuries of medical literature, the first case description being variously ascribed to Ambroise Paré¹ in the 16th century and to Sir Astley Cooper in 1818.² Giant-cell tumors are fairly common lesions in the long bones, small bones, jaws, and vertebrae of young adults. They appear to be only rarely encountered above the level of the nasal sinuses, since only scattered cases have been reported of their occurrence in the various nasal sinuses, temporal bone, frontal bone, occipital bone, and nasal septum.⁹

Meyerding³ classifies these tumors as (1) benign and (2) malignant, with further subdivision of the latter into primary and secondary. He makes a further comment that "it is recognized that, after treatment, a benign giant-cell tumor may become malignant." It is of interest that a survey of the literature reveals synonyms . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
NEW YORK

From the Otolaryngology Service of Beth Israel Hospital, Dr. M. Som, Attending Otolaryngologist.

Footnotes
References 5 and 6.

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