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Skeletal Radiology
Published in: Skeletal Radiology 12/2006

01-12-2006 | Case Report

A bullet-sired bone cyst

Authors: B. G. Brogdon, W. C. Cottrell, P. Nimityongskul, D. Takhtani

Published in: Skeletal Radiology | Issue 12/2006

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Abstract

Random gunfire deposited a bullet in the proximal tibial metaphysis of a 9-year- old girl. The wound was not incapacitating and was treated conservatively. Within 17 months, soreness developed in the proximal leg, and radiography revealed a large unicameral cyst within which the bullet freely tumbled. Eventually, fear of impending fracture prompted further radiography, computed tomography, surgical intervention and pathological examination of the cyst wall. We believe this is only the second description in the English-language literature of this rare sequence of events.
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Metadata
Title
A bullet-sired bone cyst
Authors
B. G. Brogdon
W. C. Cottrell
P. Nimityongskul
D. Takhtani
Publication date
01-12-2006
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Skeletal Radiology / Issue 12/2006
Print ISSN: 0364-2348
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2161
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-006-0138-9

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