A bullet-sired bone cyst

B. G. Brogdon; W. C. Cottrell; P. Nimityongskul; D. Takhtani

doi:10.1007/s00256-006-0138-9

A bullet-sired bone cyst

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

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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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	959-963
Number of pages	5
Journal	Skeletal Radiology
Volume	35
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s00256-006-0138-9
State	Published - Dec 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Bonecyst
Gunshot wound
Post-traumatic cyst
Retained bullet

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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