Asian Journal of Case Reports in Surgery

Rare Association of an Aggressive Giant Cell Tumor with Xeroderma Pigmentosum

A. Alshaikh

Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Pavillon 32 ,Chu Ibn Rochd of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Morocco.

E. Bachkira *

Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Pavillon 32 ,Chu Ibn Rochd of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Morocco.

I. Jadib

Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Pavillon 32 ,Chu Ibn Rochd of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Morocco.

O. Hadad

Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Pavillon 32 ,Chu Ibn Rochd of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Morocco.

C. Elkassimi

Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Pavillon 32 ,Chu Ibn Rochd of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Morocco.

A. Rafaoui

Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Pavillon 32 ,Chu Ibn Rochd of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Morocco.

M. Rafai

Department of Traumatology and Orthopedic Surgery Pavillon 32 ,Chu Ibn Rochd of Casablanca, University Hassan II, Morocco.

*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

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Abstract

Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) is a genodermatosis that manifests as photo-induced skin and ocular alterations and skin cancers. An association with a giant cell tumor is a very rare entity. We report the case of a 17-year-old patient, followed since childhood for XP, who presented with a very aggressive giant cell tumor in the wrist for which he underwent amputation. A review of the literature of these rare lesions is presented and analyzed to see if this is an association or is a chance coincidence.

Keywords: Xeroderma pigmentosum, giant cell tumour, aggressive, distal radius

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