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Aetiology of a simple bone cyst

A case report

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We describe a simple bone cyst in a patient who had an osteoblastic lesion which had been discovered 1 1/2 years earlier. Curettage and drilling proved effective treatment. We suggest that increased regional blood flow, in association with bone formation, produces a hydrodynamic disorder followed by venous obstruction leading to the formation of a bone cyst.

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Nous présentons un cas rare de kyste osseux simple chez un patient porteur d'une lésion ostéoblastique découverte un an et demi plus tôt. Un curetage associé à des perforations multiples a été efficace, aussi bien sur le plan clinique que radiologique, comme il est habituel dans les kystes osseux typiques. En nous basant sur ce cas, et sur des cas analogues déjà publiés, nous avançons l'hypothèse qu'une augmentation de la vascularisation régionale associée à la formation d'os entraîne un déséquilibre hydrodynamique, celui-ci jouant un rôle dans le déclenchement d'une obstruction veineuse aboutissant à la formation d'un kyste.

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Watanabe, H., Arita, S. & Chigira, M. Aetiology of a simple bone cyst. International Orthopaedics 18, 16–19 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00180172

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