Case Report

Primary giant cell tumour of the breast with recurrence: A rare case report

Farhana E. Suleman, Moipone N. Vilakazi, Meshack Bida, Richard Edwards
South African Journal of Radiology | Vol 26, No 1 | a2393 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.4102/sajr.v26i1.2393 | © 2022 Farhana E. Suleman, Moipone Ntombi Vilakazi, Meshack Bida, Richard Edwards | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 06 January 2022 | Published: 20 April 2022

About the author(s)

Farhana E. Suleman, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Moipone N. Vilakazi, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Meshack Bida, Department of Anatomical Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
Richard Edwards, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa

Abstract

Giant cell tumour (GCT) arising from the soft tissues of the breast is a rare disease with only eight cases previously reported in the literature. We present a case of histologically proven GCT of the breast, which demonstrated recurrence a few months after resection.


Keywords

giant cell tumour; breast tumour; GCT-ST; breast imaging

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