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Orthopaedic Case of the Month: Pulsatile Soft Tissue Mass

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  1. Department of Orthopaedics, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Avenue, Stoneman 10, Boston, MA, 02215, USA

    Megan E. Anderson MD

  2. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Jeffrey D. Goldsmith MD

  3. Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA, USA

    Mary G. Hochman MD

  4. Department of Plastic and Oral Surgery, Children’s Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA

    Amir Taghinia MD

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Anderson, M.E., Goldsmith, J.D., Hochman, M.G. et al. Orthopaedic Case of the Month: Pulsatile Soft Tissue Mass. Clin Orthop Relat Res 470, 3275–3279 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11999-012-2518-x

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