Skin metastasis from conventional giant cell tumor of bone: Conceptual significance

Skeletal Radiology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 166-170

  Tyler, W ^a   Barrett, T ^b   Frassica, F ^a   McCarthy, E ^b,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c Department of Pathology ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial metastasis; Femur conventional giant cell tumor; Radiographs; Skin metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; FEMUR TUMOR; HIP RADIOGRAPHY; HIP SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEG DISEASE; LUNG NODULE; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; OSTEOCLASTOMA; PLATE FIXATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN METASTASIS; SKIN NODULE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; BONE NEOPLASMS; FEMUR; GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036934865     PISSN: 03642348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00256-001-0455-y     Document Type: Article

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