giant cell tumor of soft tissue
A painless, well circumscribed tumor arising in soft tissue, usually of the upper and lower extremities. Morphologically, it is characterized by a multinodular growth pattern. The cellular infiltrate is composed of mononuclear round or oval cells and multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells, in a rich vascular stroma. It rarely metastasizes. [ NCIT:C49107 ]
Term info
- ICDO:9251/1 (NCIT:C49107)
- EFO:1000281 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C49107 (MONDO:exact-label-match)
- UMLS:C0334553 (NCIT:C49107)
A painless, well circumscribed tumor arising in soft tissue, usually of the upper and lower extremities. Morphologically, it is characterized by a multinodular growth pattern. The cellular infiltrate is composed of mononuclear round or oval cells and multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells, in a rich vascular stroma. It rarely metastasizes.
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0334553, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C49107
Osteoclastoma of soft tissue, giant cell tumor of soft tissue, GCT-ST
MONDO:0006232