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Soft-tissue malignant fibrous histiocytoma (high-grade undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma) arising in a desmoid tumor in a patient with Milroy’s disease

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Mary I. O’Connor

  2. Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    Mark J. Kransdorf

  3. Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, FL, USA

    David M. Menke

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O’Connor, M.I., Kransdorf, M.J. & Menke, D.M. Soft-tissue malignant fibrous histiocytoma (high-grade undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma) arising in a desmoid tumor in a patient with Milroy’s disease. Skeletal Radiol 35, 240–243 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-005-0007-y

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