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Case Reports
. 2005 Apr;35(4):444-8.
doi: 10.1007/s00247-004-1346-x. Epub 2004 Oct 12.

Multifocal metachronous giant cell tumor in a 15-year-old boy

Peter G Stratil  1 , Gregory Scott Stacy
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Case Reports

Multifocal metachronous giant cell tumor in a 15-year-old boy

Peter G Stratil et al. Pediatr Radiol. 2005 Apr.

Abstract

We report a case of multifocal metachronous giant cell tumor (GCT) that involved the fibula, tibia, and sacrum of a 15-year-old boy. Multifocal GCT of bone presenting in children is an exceedingly rare phenomenon; however, there is evidence that multifocal GCT presents, on average, at a younger age than solitary GCT. Pediatric radiologists should be aware of this when encountering a single lesion with characteristic radiographic features of GCT and when encountering multiple lytic skeletal lesions.

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