Aneurysmal bone cyst of the temporal bone.
OBJECTIVE
Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC) are benign bone neoplasms which typically involve the spine and long bones. We present a rare case of an ABC in the temporal bone with significant cerebellar compression.


METHODS
The patient was a young boy who presented with several weeks of left posterior auricular pain. Computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging and angiogram showed an expansile bone neoplasm involving the left petrous temporal bone.


METHODS
A retrosigmoid-transmastoid craniectomy was performed, and total removal of the bone lesion was achieved. The pathological examination revealed the diagnosis of ABC.


CONCLUSIONS
The postoperative course was uneventful, and the imaging studies demonstrated total removal of the neoplasm. This case represents the imaging and surgical management of a rare ABC in the temporal bone. This diagnosis should be considered in the differential of bone neoplasms in this region.
Lippman
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Department of Neurosurgery, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, USA.
Jallo
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Feghali
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Jimenez
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Epstein
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D017824:Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D003399:Craniotomy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013701:Temporal Bone / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed