GIANT CELL TUMOUR OF SECOND METATARSAL BONE - A CASE REPORT

Giant cell tumours are locally aggressive tumours occurring at epiphysio-mataphyseal region of skeletally mature individuals.Commonly occurs at distal femur and proximal tibia.Giant cell tumour of foot are rare. A 40 years old female patient, who came with a slowly growing osteolytic lesion at the second metatarsal bone. Her magnetic resonance imaging showed there was no extra osseous extension and incisional biopsy of the lesion confirmed it as giant cell tumour. Enbloc excision and fibular strut graft fixation with K-wire was done.