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Painful Forearm Mass in a 75-year-old Man

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  1. Division of Musculoskeletal Oncology, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Miami, 1400 NW 12th Avenue, Room 4036, Miami, FL, 33136, USA

    Scott J. Schoenleber MD & H. Thomas Temple MD

  2. Department of Pathology, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA

    Andrew E. Rosenberg MD

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Schoenleber, S.J., Rosenberg, A.E. & Temple, H.T. Painful Forearm Mass in a 75-year-old Man. Clin Orthop Relat Res 472, 776–780 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-013-3409-5

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