Spontaneously Healed Pathologic Fracture over a Critical-Size Calcaneal Cyst
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Spontaneously Healed Pathologic Fracture over a Critical-Size Calcaneal Cyst
Simple bone cysts are nonsymptomatic lesions. They typically involve the medullary cavity, but they can also be found in nonlong bones such as the calcaneum. Their treatment remains controversial varying from observation and conservative healing to irritating injections or bone grafting. In the case of a pathologic fracture, surgical treatment seems most appropriate especially when the cyst is ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports in Medicine
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1687-9627,1687-9635
DOI: 10.1155/2011/861094