Roentgenogram of the Issue: Osteolytic Bone Lesion of the Rib.

Cha, Ju Hyun; Chang, Jung Hyun; Cho, Sung Min; Kim, Hyae Young; Han, Woon Sub; Kim, Kwang Ho

doi:1997.44.2.430

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 44(2); 1997 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1997;44(2):430-434.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1997.44.2.430 Published online April 1, 1997.

Roentgenogram of the Issue: Osteolytic Bone Lesion of the Rib.

Ju Hyun Cha, Jung Hyun Chang, Sung Min Cho, Hyae Young Kim, Woon Sub Han, Kwang Ho Kim

Abstract

A 29-year-old male patient was admitted due to subacute onset of right chest pain. He had no history of trauma, chest surgery or other medical disease. Chest roentgenogram showed an expansile, radiolucent lesion on the posterior segment of right seventh rib. Computed tomogram of the chest also showed lytic expansile mass with septation. He took an en-bloc resection of the involved rib. Pathologically there were multiple cystic spaces, filled with blood and collagenofibrous tissue proliferation and locally areas of new bone formation and giant cells of osteoclastic type, which was compatible with aneurysmal bone cyst. We report a case of aneurysmal bone cyst of the rib with a brief review of literature.

Key Words: Aneurysmal bone cyst, Rib