Giant cell tumour of the temporal bone: case report and review of the literature
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- Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kuwait University, Kuwait. mehraj@hsc.kuniv.edu.kw
Abstract
This paper presents an expansile lesion of the temporal bone, in a 14-year-old boy, that was initially diagnosed as intra-osseous meningioma from CT appearance. At histopathology a final diagnosis of giant cell tumour was made. A brief review of the literature is presented for this rare case.
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