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Huge Osteoclastoma of Hyoid Bone: A Case Report

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Giant cell tumors (GCT) of hyoid bone are very rare, and only few individual cases were reported in literature. We present such a case of GCT arising from left cornu of hyoid bone. The patient underwent trans-cervical complete excision of the tumour. Postoperatively, patient did well without recurrence or metastasis for 2 years follow up.

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  1. Department of ENT and Head-Neck Surgery, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India

    H. P. Singh, Sunil Kumar, Shahab Ali Usmani & S. P. Agarwal

  2. Department of Radiodiagnosis, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India

    Pallavi Aga

  3. Department of Pathology, King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, India

    Madhu Kumar

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Singh, H.P., Kumar, S., Aga, P. et al. Huge Osteoclastoma of Hyoid Bone: A Case Report. Indian J Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 68, 123–125 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12070-015-0947-z

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