[A case report of solitary bone cyst of rib detected from pathological fracture].
A case of solitary bone cyst of rib was reported. The patient was 28-year-old man who was admitted to our hospital complaining of chest pain caused by pathological fracture of the left 10th rib. Chest x-ray film revealed a solitary cystic lesion of the 10th rib. The tumor was removed by extrapleural rib partial resection and the histological examination confirmed the diagnosis of solitary bone cyst.
Shibata
K
K
Department of Pulmonary Surgery, Toyokawa City Hospital.
Tsunooka
H
H
Sasaki
S
S
Oono
N
N
Niwa
A
A
Oowa
T
T
Kamio
Y
Y
Saito
Y
Y
Sumita
H
H
Naito
A
A
D000328:Adult; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005598:Fractures, Spontaneous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D012253:Rib Fractures / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*