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Tumors, Cysts, and Tumor Mimickers

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Emergency Musculoskeletal Imaging in Children

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This chapter provides an overview of tumors, bone cysts, and tumor mimickers which can present to the emergency room. Various imaging modalities are addressed as are differential diagnoses. The objective is to provide an overview so that each entity is not repeated in other chapters.

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Swischuk, L.E., Jadhav, S.P. (2014). Tumors, Cysts, and Tumor Mimickers. In: Emergency Musculoskeletal Imaging in Children. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7747-1_3

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