Gigantic lumbar aneurysmal bone cyst with abdominal extension in a pediatric patient: case report and its multidisciplinary management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aneurysmal bone cyst (ABC) is a rare, benign, and highly vascular osteolytic lesion characterized by expansile cystic spaces filled with blood and surrounded by thinned cortical bone. ABC is most commonly found in the vertebral column, most specifically in the posterior element of the lumbar spine. Management of spinal ABCs poses a challenge to the treating physician given its proximity to the neural structures. Surgical intervention, radiation therapy, cryotherapy, and embolization are effective treatment methods. However, no treatment protocol has been established in the literature, particularly when the tumor is uncommonly large.

Case description

We present the case of a 12-year-old female with a flank mass and abdominal fullness, imaging showed a gigantic expa

SUBMITTER: Bourghli A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12775625 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature