title: Metachronous aneurysmal bone cysts with involvement of the humerus and the thoracic vertebrae.
abstract: Metachronous aneurysmal bone cysts are rare. We report on a 32-year-old man who presented with an aneurysmal bone cyst of the thoracic spine 15 years subsequent to diagnosis of aneurysmal bone cyst of the humerus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Jonathan A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Donigan
authors.forename: Khaled M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Kebaish
authors.forename: Edward F
authors.initials: EF
authors.lastname: McCarthy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017824:Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006811:Humerus; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013122:Spinal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed