Aneurysmal bone cyst in the first rib.
Aneurysmal bone cyst is a benign tumor of the skeletal system that rarely occurs in ribs. We report two cases of aneurysmal bone cyst in the first rib. The first patient was a 21-year-old woman with an aneurysmal bone cyst in the left first rib that was resected with an L incision. The second patient was a 42-year-old man with an aneurysmal bone cyst in the right first rib that was resected with a posterolateral incision but recurred 1 year later. An en bloc resection was performed, without recurrence to date. We also review this disease with emphasis on the etiology, clinicopathology, and treatment approaches.
Cheng
Chao
C
Department of Thoracic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Peoples Republic of China.
Yeung
Sai-Ching J
SC
Zhong
Fo-tian
FT
Xiong
Ying
Y
Luo
Hong-he
HH
Ji
Sheqing
S
Pan
Jingxuan
J
D000328:Adult; D017824:Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008371:Manubrium / Q000601:surgery; D012272:Ribs / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed