"Giant Cell Tumor of Bone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A bone tumor composed of cellular spindle-cell stroma containing scattered multinucleated giant cells resembling osteoclasts. The tumors range from benign to frankly malignant lesions. The tumor occurs most frequently in an end of a long tubular bone in young adults. (From Dorland, 27th ed; Stedman, 25th ed)
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D018212
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.557.450.565.380.380 C04.557.450.565.575.420
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Clinical characteristics and diagnostic imaging of cranial osteoblastoma. J Clin Neurosci. 2015 Mar; 22(3):445-9.