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Giant cell tumor of the fronto-parietal bone. A case report

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Giant cell tumor of the skull is very rare clinical entity. This paper presents a case of giant cell tumor of the fronto-parietal bone and a brief review of the literature.

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  1. Medical Faculty, Department of Neurosurgery, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

    Kayhan Kuzeyli, Süleyman Baykal, Soner Duru, Savas Ceylan & Fadil Aktürk

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Kuzeyli, K., Baykal, S., Duru, S. et al. Giant cell tumor of the fronto-parietal bone. A case report. Neurosurg. Rev. 18, 265–268 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00383878

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