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Lint: parosteal-osteosarcoma

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"streamer pattern well-formed bony trabeculae with intermeddled spindle cell fascicles (most common)"

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"fibrous dysplasia-like haphazard arrangement of trabeculae looking like Chinese calligraphy"

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"desmoplastic fibroma-like predominant background of spindle cells with abundant collagen"

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"MDM2 amplification is a further desirable criterion."

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Oxford Comma
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"possible focal necrosis, haemorrhage or fluid-filled cavities"

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"form, location and size"

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Biographical Lifespan
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"History and etymology"

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Semicolons
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"myositis ossificans: the ossification pattern of parosteal osteosarcoma shows progressively increased ossification from the centre to the periphery (hardened heart); the ossification pattern of myositis ossificans is the opposite, with the densest ossification at the periphery (soft heart) and usually associated with soft tissue oedema 5"

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