Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Capitate

Abstract

Aneurysmal bone cysts are uncommon in the hand. An aneurysmal bone cyst in the capitate of a 16-year-old girl is presented, and 32 previously recorded cases are discussed.

Aneurysmal bone cyst of the lunate: Case report and literature review

“…1,7 ABC of the wrist and hand are very rare accounting for only 3-5% of all ABC, and most of the times affect metacarpals. 8,9 To the best of our knowledge only 10 cases of ABC in carpal bones have been reported in scientific literature of which only 3 affected the lunate. [10][11][12] Clinical presentation is nonspecific, with patients usually complaining of wrist pain of insidious onset without trauma history.…”

Aneurysmal Bone Cyst of the Lunate: Case Report

“…We also identified 3 cases of ABCs involving the hamate, 3-5 2 in the capitate, 6,7 2 in the trapezium, 8,9 and even 1 affecting the index sesamoid. 16 Platt et al 6 mentioned in their review of 33 cases of ABCs of hand and carpals that most occur in the metacarpals (52%). The phalanges are the second most involved site with (36%), and the least common is the carpals (Ͻ12%), already mentioned in our review in this paragraph.…”

Solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst of the hamate

“…Aneurysmal bone cysts present as firm, slowly enlarging masses in young patients, usually adolescents c Intralesional excision using a high-speed burr, chemoablation by application of phenol, and bone void filling using bone allograft was done and young adults, with a slight predilection for females [7]. The most common locations are the phalanges and metacarpals followed by the carpal bones [6,[9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. Standard radiographs show expansile, lytic lesions; cortical destruction and periosteal reaction can also be observed [44].…”

“…The differential diagnosis of solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst of the hamate from other osteolytic lesions of the bones of the hand should include giant cell reparative granuloma [3,4], unicameral [3,5] and aneurysmal bone cyst [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17], intraosseous ganglion [3,[18][19][20], giant cell tumor of bone [3,7,19,[21][22][23][24][25][26], brown tumor [3], primary malignant bone tumors such as chondrosarcomas [19,[27][28][29], osteosarcomas [29,30] and Ewing's sarcomas [19,23,[29][30][31], and metastatic bone disease [19,23,29,[32][33][34]. In this article, we present a patient with solid variant of aneurismal bone cyst of the hamate and discuss the differe...…”