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Rare Appearance, Rare Location and Unusual Patient Age

Report of Osteolytic Fibrous Dysplasia in the Temporal Bone of a 52-year-old Patient

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Acknowledgements

We thank PD Dr. S. Ulmer, Medizinisch Radiologisches Institut Zürich, for providing the MRI images.

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  1. Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, 8091, Zurich, Switzerland

    Viktor Pineker, Athina Pangalu, Antonios Valavanis & Sebastian Winklhofer

  2. Institute of Pathology and Molecular Pathology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Ewerton Marques Maggio

  3. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

    Alexander Huber

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V. Pineker, E.M. Maggio, A. Huber, A. Pangalu, A. Valavanis and S. Winklhofer declare that they have no competing interests.

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Pineker, V., Marques Maggio, E., Huber, A. et al. Rare Appearance, Rare Location and Unusual Patient Age. Clin Neuroradiol 27, 521–524 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00062-017-0582-z

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