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Giant Cell Tumor

Synonym: osteoclastoma

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Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors

Abstract

G.C.T. is a central neoplasm of the bone, which probably originates from histio-fibroblastic elements, and is constituted by basic cells that tend to fuse into multinucleate giant cells.

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  1. Pathological Anatomy and Histology and Clinical Orthopaedics, University of Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  2. 1st Orthopaedic Clinic, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  3. Graduate School of Orthopaedics, USA

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  4. Tumor Centre, Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Mario Campanacci M. D. (Orthopaedic Surgeon, Professor, Director)

  5. Department of Pathological Anatomy, M. Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy

    Franco Bertoni M. D. (Chief-of-Staff, Pathological Anatomy Consultant) & Patrizia Bacchini M. D. (Attending-Staff)

  6. Rizzoli Orthopaedic Institute, Bologna, Italy

    Franco Bertoni M. D. (Chief-of-Staff, Pathological Anatomy Consultant)

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Campanacci, M., Bertoni, F., Bacchini, P. (1990). Giant Cell Tumor. In: Bone and Soft Tissue Tumors. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-29279-2_4

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