DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i09.011

Pages: 2968-2971

Our work reports a series of 7 cases of bone pseudo-tumors of limbs including 5 essential bone cysts and 2 aneurysmal bone cysts collected between 2014 and 2016 in the orthopedic department. The average age of the patients was between 16 and 26 years old. The involvement affected the long bones in more than 90% of cases, the metaphyseal location is predominant in both cystic types. Pain, swelling and pathological fracture are the most prominent clinical signs in most cases. Radiologically, the elementary lesion is a mono or multilocular gap blowing the cortical. The diagnosis was confirmed by the biopsy. All patients were treated surgically by curettage and cement filling. The clinical and radiological results were satisfactory. The evolution was good without recurrences or complications.