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Abstract
Tumors of bone tissue or synovial or other soft tissue characterized by the presence of giant cells. The most common are giant cell tumor of tendon sheath and GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE.
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- Cell Tumor, Giant
- Cell Tumors, Giant
- Giant Cell Tumor
- Tumor, Giant Cell
- Tumors, Giant Cell
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, blood supply, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, secondary, surgery, therapy, ultrastructure, urine, veterinary, virology.
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benign or malignant; coordinate with precoordinated organ/neoplasm term but GIANT CELL TUMOR OF BONE is available
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- National Library of Medicine. Giant Cell Tumors. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D005870. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D005870
- Giant Cell Tumors. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18554961