Post-Traumatic Lesions of the Lunate Bone

Post-traumatic intracranial space-occupying lesions.

Solitary Bone Cyst of the Lunate : A Case Report

Unicameral bone cyst of the lunate bone is a rare condition the incidence of which has not been described in literature. We present here a case of a symptomatic lunate cyst in a 40 year old female followed up for two years and operated in view of increase intensity of symptoms and radiological evidence of cortical thinning. The cyst cavity was filled with autologous cancellous bone graft taken ...

The five preferences for post-traumatic SAH

Acute traumatic brain injury is a worldwide public health crisis. Post-traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) is a finding that is present at a frequency of 40% according to data from American TCDB (1,2). Among the mechanisms that have been implicated as causes of post-traumatic SAH is the cortical bleeding through the subarachnoid space. It is estimated that the incidence of post-traumatic SA...

Penetrating type intraosseous ganglion cyst of the lunate bone.

Intraosseous ganglion cysts of the carpal bones located in the lunate are one of the rarely seen pathologic conditions. Here we present a case of the penetrating type of intraosseous ganglion cyst located in the lunate as an uncommon cause of wrist pain. The patient was successfully treated by surgical intervention. Intraosseous ganglion cyst should be considered in the differential diagnosis o...

Post-Traumatic Peripheral Giant Osteoma in the Frontal Bone

Osteomas are benign, slow-growing tumors that most frequently occur in the craniomaxillofacial region. These tumors are mostly asymptomatic and are generally found incidentally. A giant osteoma is generally considered to be greater than 30 mm in diameter or 110 g in weight. A 35-year-old female presented to us with complaints of a firm mass that showed continuous growth on the forehead followin...