title: Aneurysmal bone cyst. Long-term follow-up of 20 cases.
abstract: Twenty cases of aneurysmal bone cyst were reviewed, with an average follow-up of 10.3 years. Twelve patients still had open growth plates at diagnosis, but all of them were fully grown at follow-up. The treatments performed were: resection of the cyst or of the whole affected bone, curettage, and curettage and bone grafting. Radiation therapy was a complementary treatment in three cases. Two patients relapsed, one that had been treated by curettage alone and one by curettage and bone grafting. Five patients showed skeletal deformities at follow-up. Two had lesions of the growth plate, most likely caused by radiation therapy, whereas in the other three growth had probably been impaired by surgical trauma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Farsetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tudisco
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosa
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pentimalli
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ippolito
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D003475:Curettage; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011859:Radiography; D013997:Time Factors