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A multinucleated giant cell tumor developed in the left renal pelvis of a 60-year-old man. The tumor was morphologically indistinguishable from giant cell tumor of bone and considered to be both primary and benign, with a follow-up period of one year and no evidence of either recurrence or metastasis.
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Kimura, K., Ohnishi, Y., Morishita, H. et al. Giant cell tumor of the kidney. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 398, 357–365 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00583591
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