Paolo Spinnato, Marco Colangeli, Elena Pedrini, Anna Parmeggiani, Nicolas Papalexis, Amandine Crombé, Marco Gambarotti, Alberto Bazzocchi
Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a rare and usually painful condition, representing about 1% of all bone tumors. A geographical lytic, expansile, and septated radiological pattern, with fluid-fluid levels on MRI, is classically displayed. ABC can be a primary bone lesion (70% of patients) or can arise in an underlying condition and is subsequently named "ABC-like changes" (30%). ABC-like changes are more frequently encountered in skeletal segments affected by chondroblastoma, fibrous dysplasia, giant cell tumor, osteoblastoma, non-ossifying fibroma, and osteosarcoma...
November 28, 2023: Skeletal Radiology