Intracortical epidermoid cyst of the tibia.
Epidermoid cyst in a long bone is an extremely rare condition. The authors describe such a tumor located in the cortex of the tibia in a 21-year-old woman. She was successfully treated with curettage and autogenous bone grafting.
Ozdemir
H Mustafa
HM
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Selcuk University Meram School of Medicine, Konya, Turkey.
Senaran
Hakan
H
Ogun
Tunc C
TC
Oltulu
Pembe
P
D000328:Adult; D001845:Bone Cysts / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004814:Epidermal Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D013977:Tibia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed