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Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is defined as a benign osteolytic bone lesion composed of blood-filled channels separated by fibrous septa. Another characteristic feature is the pathohistological evidence of bony trabeculation and osteoid and osteoclastlike giant cells [25]. The ABC was first described as a distinct histomorphologic disorder by Jaffe and Lichtenstein in 1942 [45]. The descriptive composite term “aneurysmal bone cyst” was introduced, with the first term “aneurysmal” introduced to point out an analogy to the arterial aneurysms and the second term “bone cyst” to emphasize their intraosseus localisation [5, 11, 13, 22, 45].
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Heyd, R., Seegenschmiedt, M.H. (2008). Aneurysmal Bone Cyst (ABC). In: Seegenschmiedt, M.H., Makoski, HB., Trott, KR., Brady, L.W. (eds) Radiotherapy for Non-Malignant Disorders. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68943-0_24
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