Soft tissue
So called fibrohistiocytic
Malignant tenosynovial giant cell tumor
Author: Vijay Shankar, M.D.
Topic Completed: 1 June 2013
Minor changes: 22 April 2021
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PubMed Search: Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath
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Definition / generalCite this page: Shankar V. Malignant tenosynovial giant cell tumor. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/softtissuemalignanttenosynovialGCT.html. Accessed October 16th, 2021.
Definition / general
- Mean 61 years, no gender preference
- Usually extra-articular, near large joints or extremities
- Most common location is knee joint
- High number of mitotic figures, marked nuclear hyperchromasia, few multinucleated giant cells
