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Giant cell tumour of the infra temporal fossa treated with denosumab in an elderly patient: A case report

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submitted on 2025-05-13, 05:06 and posted on 2025-05-13, 05:08 authored by Belal Alani, Abdul-Aziz Alaqeeli, Muraja Aldoori, Ismail Farag

Central giant cell tumour is a benign locally aggressive lesion. It is considered as a rare entity in the head and neck region. Although Surgical resection remains the treatment of choice, its coupled with increase morbidity and recurrence. Here we present a case of elderly patient with infra temporal CGT treated with Denosumab and showed significant improvement in symptoms and radiological findings.

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Published in: Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Cases
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
See article on publisher's website: https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.omsc.2022.100247

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Open Access funding provided by the Qatar National Library.

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Elsevier

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  • 2022

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