Tumor central de células gigantes: Reporte de un caso y revisión de la literatura

giant cells lesions are a group of diverse pathologies with unknown etiology, few knowledge and difficulty diagnostic. they are non-neoplasics processes with slow growth, circumscribed, normally asymptomatic. the giant cells lesions occur generally in long bones, being rare his appearance in maxillaries. we will describe a case of giant cells tumor in the maxilla removed through surgical procedure. female patient, 33 years, black race, appeared in the service of bucomaxilofacial surgery and traumatology of the hospital regional "jose de simone neto", in june of 2003, complaining of a growth near the nose. the treatment plan was incisional biopsy, obtaining from this, the diagnosis to make the corresponding surgical procedure later. result of the biopsy with the radiographic aspects in different stages of the lesion, concluded that was a case of central tumor of giant cells. it is prudent the realization of an incisional biopsy to have the histopathologic diagnosis to determine the correct and safe treatment plan for those lesions.