has anyone ever suffered from a giant cell tumor?

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my doctor told me that i had a giant cell tumor in my ankle. luckily it wasn't cancer. he told me this in october and so far i have had two surgeries one to remove the tumor and a bone graph to replace the bone that it ate away. is it difficult to walk of use the part of the body that had the tumor.
I haven’t personally, but other people have. They are pretty rare and usually not malignant.  (+ info)

relation of paget disease of bone and giant cell tumor .?

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G.C.T is a sometimes malignant tumor of bone I want to know that is there any relationship between this tumor and paget disease as the osteoclasts are involed and if there was there any research on the use of osteoclast inhibitors in treatment of these types of tumor or not
Can you please explain your question with a little more detail? Thank you.  (+ info)

My sister has been told her giant cell tumor has returned after 11 yrs has anyone else had this happen?

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She had a good recovery last time and no trouble since, the doctors took out a 2and a half inch piece of bone from her lower arm. The other night playing soccer she blocked the ball in goal and broke her wrist. An xray showed the tumor is back , now she faces it all again, this is 11 years later, is there any new treatment? Or advice?
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Can the cause of a giant cell tumor be post traumatic?

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I recently had surgery on my right thumb for ligament repair from a slip and fall, there after I developed what doctors call- a giant cell tumor on that same right thumb finger. Could the growth of the tumor be post-traumatic?
thanks for answering my question. Is there any way I can prove that it is post traumatic?
You have to wonder. Any trauma is followed by healing, which involves rapid cell division and involves the chance of mutations arising from the cell division, which could lead to cell disregulation and a tumor. Good luck on getting through this!  (+ info)

What are the different symptoms between a non cancerous Giant cell tumor, and a Cancerous regular tumor?

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Like as in pain. And Whats the difference on an x-ray and MRI do they come up different, or would you need to do a biopsy first.Or can you tell right away that one is a tumor and one is a giant tumor b.c they are two different types. Thanks to anyone who answers
We may need "Denisedds" for this one.
I'm a cancer specialist doctor, and I don't know what type of malignancy you are asking about.
A "cancerous regular tumor" - of what part of the body?
A "giant cell tumor" that is not malignant.
I can't make sense out of this.
Perhaps you could be more specific ? ? ?

OK, I see from your other question that you are concerned about a bone tumor.
A giant cell tumor of bone does make good sense.
http://orthoinfo.aaos.org/topic.cfm?topic=A00080
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/389833-overview
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_cell_tumor_of_bone
We will all have to wait for the biopsy results.  (+ info)

does anyone know the recovery time for giant cell tumor surgery on the foot?

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does any one know the average recovery time for a giant cell tumor surgery on the foot?
I had one removed from my middle finger years ago, on a friday, I was back up to steam by that monday (with a few pain meds). It's a day surgery, and your recovery will be even quicker if you go with a local anaesthetic (general tends to keep you a little more dopey and nauseated for longer)

Good luck!  (+ info)

Whats the diffrence in pain and symptoms between a Giant cell tumor, malignant, And a benign one?

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Like besides cancer what is the diffrence between them. And what causes the cancer to form there.. anything will help and thanks!
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Has anyone ever had or known someone whos had a Giant Cell Tumor?

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I was diagnosed with a giant cell tumor 2 years ago i had it removed along with most of the bone in my femur [thigh bone], i had a hip replacement at the same time, has anyone had this tumor or known of someone who has? i just wanted to know if they have had a reoccurance..
If you have a recurrence of a giant cell tumor the symptoms are the same as the first time you had it - bone pain, inflammation and possible redness. It is highly unusual for recurrence to take place after five years so you only have three more years to go to be free of recurrence. It was my experience that you will develop pains where ever the affected bone was removed and this pain should not be confused with recurrence pain. Get an x-ray and if anything suspicious is found then get a bone scan if necessary. If you have a bone scan some residual inflammation will show up where the bone was replaced but if there is a recurrence the recurrence area will look different from the arthritic inflammation that will probably always be visible in the repaired area. I am almost fifteen years past surgery for a GCT of the tibia. I also thought I'd had a recurrence about two years after surgery. Turned out that it was not a recurrence. Probably you are just beginning to develop some new arthritis and it is not a recurrence but even if it is a GCT - this is still a treatable tumor. all the best  (+ info)

can i know any specialist doctor for giant cell tumor?

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hi my sister is affected with GCT grade II. i have finding the specialist for cure this disease .pls let me know . thank you.
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giant cell tumor?

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hey am stuck in hospital bored with a regrowth of giant cell tumor 3 mths after surgery..anyone who has sufferd bone cancer or can help wud be great x
I haven't, but I just wanted to say I hope you get well soon :)  (+ info)

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