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Giant Cell Tumor of the Sphenoid Bone

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 September 2015

Rasikbala Doshi*
Affiliation:
Burden Neurological LaboratoryDepartments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Abdul Basit Chaudhari
Affiliation:
Burden Neurological LaboratoryDepartments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
Gordon Thomson
Affiliation:
Burden Neurological LaboratoryDepartments of Neurosurgery and Neuroradiology, Frenchay Hospital, Bristol
*
Department of Surgery, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere, PMB 12003Lagos, Nigeria
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The clinical and histological features of two cases of giant cell tumor of the sphenoid bone are described. Both presented with similar symptoms and signs, comparable to previously described cases. The problems in histological differential diagnosis are discussed and radiotherapy as the treatment of choice is suggested.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Canadian Neurological Sciences Federation 1977

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