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Orthopaedic Case of the Month: A 14-Year-Old Boy With a Medial Thigh Soft Tissue Mass

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  1. Children’s Orthopaedic Center, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, 4650 Sunset Blvd, MS #69, Los Angeles, CA, 90027, USA

    David A. Ibrahim BA & Alexandre Arkader MD

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Leo Mascarenhas MD, MS

  3. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Leo Mascarenhas MD, MS

  4. Department of Pathology, Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Jason P. Tovar MD

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Ibrahim, D.A., Mascarenhas, L., Tovar, J.P. et al. Orthopaedic Case of the Month: A 14-Year-Old Boy With a Medial Thigh Soft Tissue Mass. Clin Orthop Relat Res 471, 1433–1438 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-012-2687-7

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