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A four-year-old boy presented with a soft tissue mass containing ringlet calcifications associated with fracture and irregular osteolysis of the underlying pubic ramus. Although the radiographic appearance suggested malignancy, the evolution of the lesion confirmed that it was post-traumatic.
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Formerly Third Year Resident, Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii.
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Johnson, J.F., Gutknecht, M.G. & Weiss, S.R. Multiple post-traumatic calcific densities mimicking malignancy in a four-year-old male. Pediatr Radiol 9, 233–235 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01092951
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