A rare case of aneurymal bone cyst of cuboid bone in a 10-year-old girl


Published online: Dec 27 2016

Nikola BOJOVIC, Maja RAICEVIC, Dragoljub ZIVANOVIC, Sinisa DUCIC

Pediatric Surgery and Orthopaedics Clinic Nis, Clinical Center Nis, Serbia

Abstract

Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABC) are rare and they represent 1- 1.4 % of all primary bone tumors. ABC of cuboid bone are extremely rare, especially in children. Very few cases have been reported in the literature since 1967. We present a case of pathological fracture of cuboid bone due to an aneurysmal cyst in a 10-year-old girl. Surgery was performed, which included open biopsy with aspiration and intralesional curettage . Bone defect was then filled in by fully synthetic cancellous bone graft substitute consisting of pure ?-tricalcium phosphate. Aneurysmal cyst of cuboid bone with pathological fracture could be successfully treated with pure ?-tricalcium phosphate as a bone graft substitute. This procedure is safe with excellent outcome.Follow up to nearly four years did not show any recurrence.