TY - JOUR TI - Giant cell tumor of the fifth lumbar vertebra with a three-year follow-up: case report and review of the literature AU - Athanassacopoulos, Michael AU - Triantafyllopoulos, Georgios K. and AU - Pneumaticos, Spyridon G. JO - EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY AND TRAUMATOLOGY PY - 2012 VL - 22 TODO - 1 SP - 15-19 PB - Springer-Verlag SN - null TODO - 10.1007/s00590-012-0976-1 TODO - Giant cell tumor; Fifth lumbar vertebra; Embolization; Selective radiotherapy; Surgical excision TODO - We report the case of a patient with giant cell tumor of the L5 vertebra. A 35-year-old female patient with giant cell tumor of the L5 vertebra was subjected to a combined treatment. Three years after treatment, there is no recurrence of the disease and no increase in the residual tumor’s size. Giant cell tumor of the L5 vertebra requires careful planning of treatment and close follow-up of the patient. ER -