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Large Osteolytic Skull Tumor Presenting as a Small Subcutaneous Scalp Lesion

John E. Sutherland, Nader S. Dahdaleh, Jeremy D. W. Greenlee, Patricia A. Kirby and Michael D. Sargent
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine November 2011, 24 (6) 763-767; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2011.06.100308
John E. Sutherland
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John E. Sutherland, Nader S. Dahdaleh, Jeremy D. W. Greenlee, Patricia A. Kirby, Michael D. Sargent
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2011, 24 (6) 763-767; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.06.100308

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John E. Sutherland, Nader S. Dahdaleh, Jeremy D. W. Greenlee, Patricia A. Kirby, Michael D. Sargent
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Nov 2011, 24 (6) 763-767; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2011.06.100308
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