title: Simple bone cyst of the metacarpal.
abstract: Simple bone cyst is a benign tumor-like lesion that occurs principally in the humerus and the femur. Occurrence within the hand is rare and involvement of the metacarpals is even more uncommon. Two similar cases of a simple bone cyst affecting the metacarpals were treated by complete excision of the cyst and replacement by a cortico-medullar autogenous graft.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hand Surgery, Kaplan Hospital, Rehovot, Israel.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baruch
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lifschitz-Mercer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zeligowsky
mesh_terms: D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016025:Bone Transplantation; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008663:Metacarpus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*