An unusual localization of solitary bone cyst in a child: the lumbar spine


Published online: Dec 27 2002

Amrani A, Dandane MA, el Alami Z, Miri A.

Service d'Orthopedie et Chirurgie Reparatrice Pediatrique (Pr MIRI), Hopital d'Enfants-Rabat-Maroc

Abstract

Solitary bone cysts involving the spine in children are extremely rare. We report such a lesion in a 7-year-old girl who presented with an expansible, bubbly cystic lesion of the third lumbar vertebra. The intraoperative findings and histologic examination indicated the diagnosis of a solitary bone cyst. She was treated successfully with curettage and bone grafting.

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