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Diagnostic Problems with Semimalignant Bone Tumors

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Fortschritte der Osteologie in Diagnostik und Therapie

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Besides clearly benign bone tumors or tumors with a malignant course, there exist several tumors or tumor-like lesions within the skeleton that show a letal course in spite of benign histological tumor pattern.

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Adler, CP. (1988). Diagnostic Problems with Semimalignant Bone Tumors. In: Heuck, F.H.W., Keck, E. (eds) Fortschritte der Osteologie in Diagnostik und Therapie. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74004-6_16

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