[Giant cell tumor (osteoclastoma) of the scaphoid bone of the hand (author's transl)].

The article describes a giant cell tumour in the scaphoid bone of the hand in a 26-year-old man. No reports have so far been published in literature on this localisation. Total extirpation of the entire scaphoid bone and of the tumour was performed. 2 years after the operation, there was no sign of any relapse.