Aneurysmal bone cyst healing response with intramedullary lengthening nail

Ahmet Emrah Acan; Onur Basci; Hasan Havitcioglu

doi:10.1016/j.aott.2017.04.005

Aneurysmal bone cyst healing response with intramedullary lengthening nail

Acta Orthop Traumatol Turc. 2018 May;52(3):232-235. doi: 10.1016/j.aott.2017.04.005. Epub 2017 May 18.

Authors

Ahmet Emrah Acan¹, Onur Basci², Hasan Havitcioglu³

Affiliations

¹ Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University Training and Research Hospital, Dept. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Mugla, Turkey. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Dept. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: [email protected].
³ Dokuz Eylul University Faculty of Medicine, Dept. Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Izmir, Turkey. Electronic address: [email protected].

Abstract

We report the treatment process of a pediatric patient with deformity and shortening in the arm after a recurrent aggressive aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) in the proximal humerus. The patient was treated with curettage of the lesion and lengthening on an intramedullary nail following an osteotomy just distal to the ABC. The period of lengthening was approximately 50 days. At the end of the treatment the lengthening goal was achieved without any neurovascular complication. There was a minimal loss in shoulder hyperabduction due to the deformity of the humeral head.

Keywords: Aneurysmal bone cyst; Humeral lengthening; Humerus; Lengthening nail.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal* / complications
Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal* / diagnosis
Bone Cysts, Aneurysmal* / surgery
Bone Lengthening* / instrumentation
Bone Lengthening* / methods
Bone Nails
Child
Fracture Fixation, Intramedullary / methods*
Hand Deformities, Acquired* / etiology
Hand Deformities, Acquired* / surgery
Humans
Humerus* / diagnostic imaging
Humerus* / surgery
Male
Osteotomy / methods*
Radiography / methods
Treatment Outcome
Wound Healing