Erschienen in:
01.01.2008 | Letter to the Editor
Practice Pearl: A Novel Use of Tranexamic Acid for Decreasing the Blood Loss of Aneurysmal Bone Cyst Ablation
verfasst von:
Hamid Namazi, MD, Kamran Mozaffarian, MD
Erschienen in:
Annals of Surgical Oncology
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Ausgabe 1/2008
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Excerpt
Aneurysmal bone cysts (ABCs) are benign, non-neoplastic, expansile, vascular, locally destructive lesions. They represent 1% of all primary benign bone tumors; 3% arise from the sacrum, and 8–12% occur in the pelvis.
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3 The definitive etiology of aneurysmal bone cysts is still controversial. ABCs can exist either as primary bone lesions (70% of cases) or as secondary lesions arising in other osseous conditions (30% of cases). Pelvic ABCs are usually large and highly vascular.
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5 Theories on the pathogenesis of aneurysmal bone cyst include the development of local hemodynamic alteration with secondary venous hypertension, as described by Lichtenstein.
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