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Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: Case 1

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The patient is a 26-year-old male. He experienced pain around the proximal left humerus from vibration when riding a bike. Outside radiographs showed pathological fracture with subsequent fine needle biopsy. He reported a history of right shoulder arthroplasty for the right proximal humeral giant cell tumor about 7 years ago.

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Cheng, X., Su, Y., Huang, M. (2021). Giant Cell Tumor of Bone: Case 1. In: Imaging of Bone Tumors in Shoulder and Elbow. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6150-8_1

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