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Giant distal humeral geode

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We describe the imaging features of a giant geode of the distal humerus in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis, which presented initially as a pathological fracture. The value of magnetic resonance imaging in establishing this diagnosis is emphasized.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, , , , , , IE

    M. M. Maher, J. G. Murray & D. O’Connell

  2. Department of Orthopaedics, Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, , , , , , IE

    J. Kennedy & D. Hynes

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  1. M. M. Maher
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Received: 8 July 1999 Revision requested: 24 August 1999 Revision received: 25 October 1999 Accepted: 26 October 1999

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Maher, M., Kennedy, J., Hynes, D. et al. Giant distal humeral geode . Skeletal Radiol 29, 165–167 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050587

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