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Post-traumatic cysts and cyst-like lesions of bone

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We describe two patients with cyst-like lesions of bone that developed at sites of healed or healing fractures. One case showed histological features of a unicameral bone cyst, which, to the best of our knowledge, is a previously unreported finding in a post-traumatic cyst. It is suggested that there are two principal clinical and radiological types of post-traumatic cyst, of which each of our cases represents an example: (1) asymptomatic transient cortical lesions, found only in children, and (2) more central expanding lesions, found in a wider age group and associated with pain, swelling, and pathological fractures.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Timothy E. Moore F.R.A.C.R., Robert C. Travis F.R.C.R. & Bruce C. Allen D.R.A.C.R.

  2. Department of Pathology, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand

    Alan R. King F.R.C.P.A.

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Moore, T.E., King, A.R., Travis, R.C. et al. Post-traumatic cysts and cyst-like lesions of bone. Skeletal Radiol 18, 93–97 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00350654

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