Current management of aneurysmal bone cysts

Current Strategies for the Treatment of Aneurysmal Bone Cysts

Aneurysmal bone cysts are benign bone tumors that usually present in childhood and early adulthood. They usually manifest as expansile osteolytic lesions with a varying potential to be locally aggressive. Since their first description in 1942, a variety of treatment methods has been proposed. Traditionally, these tumors were treated with open surgery. Either intralesional surgical procedures or...

Spontaneous Healing of Aneurysmal Bone Cysts

We report three cases of spontaneous healing of aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC). In one case histological material was obtained after resection of the already ossified expansile mass discovered as a lytic lesion seven months previously. In the two other patients, spontaneous ossification of a radiologically presumed ABC in the lytic and expansile phase was observed after nine and seven months respe...

Aneurysmal bone cysts. Review of twelve cases.

Aneurysmal bone cysts of the vertebrae.

PURPOSE To review records of 14 patients with aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) of the spine. METHODS Using the Scottish Bone Tumour Registry for the period of October 1952 to November 2005, records of 9 females and 5 males aged 8 to 63 (mean, 25.3) years who had ABCs of the spine and were followed up for a mean of 7.1 years were reviewed. RESULTS The most commonly involved site was the lumbar v...

Aneurysmal Bone Cysts of the Spine

Aneurysmal bone cysts are uncommon lesions, especially in the spine. Seventy-eight cases have been previously documented in the English literature and an additional fourteen cases are now reported. There is a definite predilection for the lumbar region and the neural arch is the part of the vertebra most commonly affected. It is recommended that treatment should consist of total excision or whe...