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Case report: calcification within aneurysmal bone cyst.

P Sharma·S Elangovan·C Ratnakar
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Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) usually affects older children or young adults. The radiological appearance is of a purely osteolytic expansile metaphyseal lesion with thinned out cortex and internal septations. We present a case of ABC in a 5-year-old girl which showed internal calcification and was initially diagnosed as enchondroma. However, pathological examination revealed typical appearance of ABC with large area of dystrophic calcification.

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Bone Cysts, AneurysmalCalcinosisChild, PreschoolChondromaDiagnosis, DifferentialFemaleFibulaHumansCase ReportsJournal Article

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P Sharma, S Elangovan, C Ratnakar. 1994. Case report: calcification within aneurysmal bone cyst.. https://doi.org/10.1259/0007-1285-67-795-306

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