THE JOURNAL OF BONE AND JOINT SURGERY The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital Trust and London Bone Tumour Service, Brockley Hill, Stanmore, Middlesex HA7 4LP, UK. Correspondence should be sent to Dr A. Saifuddin. RADIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL RECURRENCE OF GIANT-CELL TUMOUR OF BONE AFTER D. REMEDIOS,A. SAIFUDDIN,J. PRINGLE From the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital, Stanmore, England e have reviewed 13 operations on 11 patients RADIOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL RECURRENCE OF GIANT-CELL TUMOUR OF BONE AFTER THE USE OF CEMENT . 1, JANUARY 1997 Proximal tibiaNone6NoneNone- Distal femurBone graft x212127- Distal femurNone2452- Distal femurCement1874- Proximal tibiaBone graft24NoneNone- Distal tibiaBone graft14NoneNone- Proximal tibiaNone19NoneNone7 Distal femurBone graft24NoneNone- Proximal tibiaNone3372- Proximal tibiaCement25NoneNone7 Distal femurBone graft41NoneNone- 1024FProximal tibiaNone17NoneNone5 39MProximal tibiaBone graft51NoneNone10 Mean36.823.77.753.757.25 Fig.1aFig.1bFig.1c Fig.1dFig.1e progressive bony lysis (arrowheads). A lucency of 11mm is seen at the proximal cement-bone bony lysis. The T1-weighted coronal image (d) showed progressive widening of the lucency and recur- rence of the tumour was confirmed histologically in each these showed any evidence of recurrence. The presence of