Giant Cell Tumor of the Infratemporal Fossa

Kevin Gibbons; Anand Singh; M. Abraham Kuriakose; Thom R. Loree; Kenneth Harris; Ari Rubenfeld; Samuel Goodloe Jr; Wesley L. Hicks Jr

doi:10.1055/s-2000-9314

Skull Base 2000; Volume 10(Number 03): 155-158
DOI: 10.1055/s-2000-9314

Giant Cell Tumor of the Infratemporal Fossa

Kevin Gibbons, Anand Singh, M. Abraham Kuriakose, Thom R. Loree, Kenneth Harris, Ari Rubenfeld, Samuel Goodloe Jr., Wesley L. Hicks Jr.

Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, NY (AS, MAK, TRL, KH, AR, WLH); Departments of Neurosurgery (KG) and Pathology (SG), Millard Filmore Hospital, Buffalo, NY

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Giant cell tumors are an uncommon neoplasm; most are found in the long bones, formed by endochondral ossification. This article presents a case of giant cell tumor of the infratemporal fossa, which by radiographic and clinical examination appears to have originated in the squamous portion of the temporal bone.

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