title: Alphabet soup: cystic lesions of bone.
abstract: Giant cell tumor (GCT), aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC), and simple bone cyst (SBC) represent relatively common tumors and tumorlike conditions to affect bone. This article describes the clinical presentation of these lesions, as well as the characteristic radiologic and pathologic findings of each. In addition, differential diagnoses, disease course, and various treatment options are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Scott and White Hospital and Clinic, Temple, TX 76508, USA.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Parman
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Murphey
mesh_terms: D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017824:Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D018212:Giant Cell Tumor of Bone / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans