tenosynovial giant cell tumor
MONDO:0002522Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names tenosynovial giant cell tumor yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A tumor usually arising in the synovium of joints, bursa or tendon sheath. It is characterized by the presence of mononuclear cells, multinucleated osteoclast-like giant cells, hemosiderin-laden macrophages, foam cells, and an inflammatory infiltrate. According to the growth pattern, it is classified as localized or diffuse.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0002522), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
Other names
12 names
Resolves to: tenosynovial giant cell tumor
- Also called
- fibrous histiocytoma of tendon sheathgiant cell neoplasm of tendon sheathgiant cell neoplasm of Tenosynoviumgiant cell neoplasm of the Tenosynoviumgiant cell tumor of tendon sheathgiant cell tumor of Tenosynoviumgiant cell tumor of the Tenosynoviumgiant cell tumour of the Tenosynoviumtendon sheath giant cell neoplasmtendon sheath giant cell tumortendon sheath giant cell tumourtenosynovial giant cell neoplasm