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ArticleSkin appendage disorders2025

Giant Cell Tumor of Flexor Tendon Sheath: An Interesting Clinical Presentation as Subungual Growth.

Chander Grover, Pratibha Gupta, Rajesh Arora, Pragya Jain

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Chander GroverDepartment of Dermatology and STD, University College of Medical Sciences/University of Delhi/Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Pratibha GuptaDepartment of Dermatology and STD, University College of Medical Sciences/University of Delhi/Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Rajesh AroraDepartment of Orthopaedics, University College of Medical Sciences/University of Delhi/Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.
Pragya JainDepartment of Pathology, University College of Medical Sciences/University of Delhi/Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Delhi, India.

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Abstract

Introduction: Giant cell tumor of tendon sheath (GCTTS), presenting as a subungual mass, is a diagnostic challenge and requires differentiation from other subungual tumors such as fibroma of tendon sheath and superficial acral fibromyxoma. Case Report: We describe a 32-year-old female patient with a relatively rare subungual presentation of GCTTS. The patient presented with slowly enlarging, painless subungual swelling over the dorsum of the right thumb, raising the proximo-lateral nail plate, extending under the proximal nail fold. The clinical, onychoscopic, radiological, and histopathological features of the case are described, which helped in confirmation of diagnosis and differentiation from other subungual tumors. Conclusion: GCTTS can present as a diagnostic challenge due to its varied clinical manifestations, especially in the subungual location. A combination of clinical features and onychoscopy can point toward a diagnosis, which can be confirmed upon excision and histopathology.

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Benign soft tissue tumorFlexor tendon sheathGiant cell tumorHand tumorsOnychoscopyPigmented villonodular tumorSubungual massTenosynovial giant cell tumor

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PMID39911971
PMCPMC11793894

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