Aneurysmal bone cyst of the calcaneus: a case report

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Keywords:

bone tumors, aneurysmal bone cyst, computerized axial tomography, bone curettage

Abstract

Introduction: the aneurysmal bone cyst is a rare bone tumor that occurs in the first two decades of life.
Case report: 25 year old white male patient with no known morbidity who came to the Orthopedic and Traumatology Clinic for moderate pain in his right heel. The computerized axial tomography detected osteolytic image at the level of the right calcaneus that does not break the cortical with partitions in its interior.It was decided to make a subsequent surgical incision, a bone window was opened and the location was checked by C-arc fluoroscopy. Curettage of the unfilled tumor was performed with bone grafting, the removed tissue was sent to the Department of Pathological Anatomy.
Conclusions: the most used treatment for aneurysmal bone cyst is curettage with or without bone grafting depending on the amount of bone tissue involved in the lesion.

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Alejandro Alvarez López, Hospital Universitario "Manuel Ascunce Domenech"

Doctor en Ciencias Médicas. Especialista en II Grado en Ortopedia y Traumatología. Máster en Urgencias Médicas. Profesor Titular, Investigador Auxiliar, Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey.

Maikel Fernández Delgado, Hospital Universitario "Manuel Ascunce Domenech"

Especialista en I Grado en Ortopedia y Traumatología. Profesor en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey.

Yenima de la Caridad García Lorenzo, Policlínico Universitario "Tula Aguilera"

Especialista en I Grado en Medicina General Integral. Profesor Asistente en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey.

Héctor Ignacio Pereira Recio, Hospital Universitario "Manuel Ascunce Domenech"

Especialista en I y II Grado en Imagenología. Máster en Medios Diagnósticos en Atención Primaria.  Profesor Asistente en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey.

Johenis Creagh García, Hospital Universitario "Manuel Ascunce Domenech"

Especialista en I Grado en Anatomía Patológica. Profesora Asistente en la Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Camagüey.

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2020-12-08

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Alvarez López A, Fernández Delgado M, García Lorenzo Y de la C, Pereira Recio HI, Creagh García J. Aneurysmal bone cyst of the calcaneus: a case report. Acta Méd Centro [Internet]. 2020 Dec. 8 [cited 2025 Jul. 1];15(1):115-21. Available from: https://revactamedicacentro.sld.cu/index.php/amc/article/view/1330

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): January-March

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