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A 31 year old woman with primary sterility was found, at operation, to have endometriosis of the Fallopian tubes and a giant cell tumor of the ovary, histologically indistinguishable from giant cell tumor of bone. The tumor is considered to be primary and benign, with a follow-up period of 4 1/2 years and no signs of recurrence or malignancy.
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Lorentzen, M. Giant cell tumor of the ovary. Virchows Arch. A Path. Anat. and Histol. 388, 113–122 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00430681
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