Giant Cell Tumor of Rib Arising Anteriorly as a Large Inframammary Mass: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Published cases of giant cell tumors arising from anterior arc of the rib.

Author	Location	Surgical specimen size (cm)^a
Riddle et al. [8]	5th anterior	5.0 × 5.0 × 4.5
Sakao et al. [9]	5th (anterior?)	5.8 × 5.2
Sakao et al. [9]	2nd anterior	6.0 × 3.5
Tavecchio et al. [10]	11th; (entire floating rib)	7.0 × 6.0
Shin et al. [11]	2nd anterior	8.0 × 6.5 × 6.0
Sakao et al. [9]	2nd anterior	9.0 × 7.0 × 5.0
Al-Otaibi et al. [12]	9th anterior	9.5 × 6.5 × 3.0
Sakao et al. [9]	4th anterior	10.0 × 7.0 × 5.0
Sakao et al. [9]	3rd anterior	11.0 × 12.0 × 13.0
Dehghan et al. [4]	4th anterior	12.5 × 10.5 × 5.7
Briccoli et al. [13]	9th anterior/posterior	13.0 × 11.0 × 2.5
Sakao et al. [9]	4th anterior	15.0 × 7.5 × 5.5
Cordeiro et al. [14]	4th and 5th anterior	25.0 × 17.0

^aIn our case report the giant cell tumor originated from the anterior aspect of the left 7th rib. The excised specimen measured 28.0 cm × 24.0 cm.