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Post-traumatic bone cyst: a case of the floating fragment

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We report a case of an intraosseous foreign body leading to the formation of a bone cyst. The cyst was identified 20 years after the initial injury and was found to contain the foreign body. No infection was found.

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  1. Department of Musculoskeletal Radiology, South Cleveland Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, Cleveland TS4 3BW UK, , , , , , GB

    A. J. Grainger & R. S. D. Campbell

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Grainger, A., Campbell, R. Post-traumatic bone cyst: a case of the floating fragment. Skeletal Radiol 27, 400–402 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002560050407

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