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Synchronous multicentric giant cell tumor in a 16-year-old boy.

Cağlar K, Büyük S, Caygür A, Tuğcu S, Ulutekin E

Pediatric Oncology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Dr. Burhan Nalbantoğlu State Hospital, Nicosia, North Cyprus, Mersin, Turkey. caglar@tr.net

Synchronous multicentric giant cell tumor of the bone is a rare variant of a lesion appearing during childhood. The authors report clinical, radiological, and pathological features of a 16-year-old boy who was diagnosed with synchronous multicentric giant cell tumor, which originated in the right distal femur and the left fibula.

Published 4 April 2005 in Pediatr Hematol Oncol, 22(2): 175-80.
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