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Multifocal metachronous giant cell tumor in a 15-year-old boy

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We report a case of multifocal metachronous giant cell tumor (GCT) that involved the fibula, tibia, and sacrum of a 15-year-old boy. Multifocal GCT of bone presenting in children is an exceedingly rare phenomenon; however, there is evidence that multifocal GCT presents, on average, at a younger age than solitary GCT. Pediatric radiologists should be aware of this when encountering a single lesion with characteristic radiographic features of GCT and when encountering multiple lytic skeletal lesions.

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Chicago Hospitals, MC 2026, 5841 South Maryland, Chicago, IL, 60610, USA

    Peter G. Stratil & Gregory Scott Stacy

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Stratil, P.G., Stacy, G.S. Multifocal metachronous giant cell tumor in a 15-year-old boy. Pediatr Radiol 35, 444–448 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-004-1346-x

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