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Twelve patients are reported in whom a unicameral bone cyst was found to involve the epiphysis or apophysis across an open growth plate. Nine patients showed pathologic fracture. In four patients a growth disturbance was found. A varying amount of varus angulation was present in most cases. No patient had functional impairment.
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Capanna, R., Van Horn, J., Ruggieri, P. et al. Epiphyseal involvement in unicameral bone cysts. Skeletal Radiol 15, 428–432 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00355099
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