Giant aneurysmal bone cyst - البروفيسور فريح ابوحسان - اكياس العظام العملاقه

11/1/2014Professor Freih Abuhassan - University

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Giant Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

F.R.C.S.(Eng.), F.R.C.S.(Tr.& Orth.)

Professor of Orthopaedics

Giant Aneurysmal Bone Cyst

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Patient profile:A 9-years old male child, MF, Overweight.

Chief complaint:

Progressive painless swelling of the right distal thigh of 14 m duration

Referred to us on the

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History of present illness:

4th Sep. 2007, had pain in the distal femur after a fall while playing.

Diagnosed as pathological fracture of the distal femur.


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4th Sep. 2007


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Treated by complete POP for 3 M

4th Dec. 2007


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19th Jan. 2008

Trivial trauma Supracondylar distal

femur fractures treated by POP for

7 weeks


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Past medical history

=History of two surgical biopsies with

blood transfusion

Diagnosis: Aneurysmal bone cyst


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Patient offered the following

advices outside JUH

1- Above Knee Amputation

2- Resection and Joint replacement

3- To be treated abroad

Patient was wheel chair dependent

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6th June 2008

Lesion contineued to grow

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26th Sep. 2008


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Physical examination:

General: no abnormality detected

Right lower limb:

= Diffuse swelling of the knee and lower thigh with

10 cm diameter difference form the left thigh

(firm, not tender, not pulsatile)

=Decreased knee ROM due to the bulky swelling

=Normal distal NV examination

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Laboratory investigation

CBC

KFT

LFT

ESR

CRP

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Surgery at JUH

19th Nov. 2008

Local curretage of the cyst +

application of monoplanar external

fixator + Circular Ex.Fix. (across

the knee joint) Ilizarov Frame.

First stage


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Problems1- Difficult to apply Tourniquet

2- Lateral Scar of previous surgery

3-Soft bone (prolonged disuse)

4-Extensive bleeding

5-Overweight

6-Residual defect after resection.


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Packing the cyst after surgery to stop

bleeding.

Received in the perioperative period

= 5.5 L R/L

= 4 U PRBC’s

= 10 U FFP

Role of anaesthetic team

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=Transferred to the ICU and kept

there till 24/11

=Initially DIC W/up +ve

=21st Nov. 2008 R/O pack


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Histopathology

ABC11/1/2014 30


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= Under tourniquet, Anterior approach,

Complete resection of the cyst.

=Turbid hematoma was found inside

the cavity.

=Delay reconstruction of the bone

defect till results of C&S.

=Bone cement spacer was inserted.

16th Dec. 20082nd stage Surgery


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Cultures: no bacterial growth

Gram stain:

only WBC’s & RBC’s, no bacteria


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Reconstructive Procedure


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3nd stage Surgery

23rd Dec. 20081. Removal of Cement spacer

2. Strut tibial autograft from the mid

ipsilateral tibia, to femur and

stabilized by long screws to the

ilizarov frame.

3. Application of ilizarov to tibia +

bone marrow inserted.


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5th Jan. 2009

Admitted as a case popliteal fossa

swelling to R/O organised hematoma

U/S: no definite fluid collection but

significant soft tissue edema.

= Percutaneous evacuation of hematoma,

=R/O Orthofix and application of long

Ilizarov plate externally and fixed to the

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Followed regularly in OPD

Partial weight bearing was started

in the on 21st Jan. 2009.

Now FWB on crutches


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25th March 2009





With Ilizarov family



ABCIn 1942, Jaffe and Lichtenstein

first described ABC when they

discovered "a peculiar blood

containing cyst of large size.


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Benign Aggressive Bone

Tumor Locally destructive yet do not

metastasize or show malignant

changes at a cellular levelcellular

level

ABC, GCT, CMF,

Chondroblastoma,

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WHO

Blood-filled spaces of variable

size,separated by CT containing

trabeculae of bone or osteoid

tissue and osteoclast giant cells

ABCs represent 1%–2% of all

primary bone lesions


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Giant Cell tumour

Aneurysmal bone cyst

Telangiectatic osteosarcoma

Secondary ABC –upto 35% of all ABCs

Most commonly due to GCT (39%)

D.Dx


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No bone is immune

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Giant Humerus ABC



Giant femur ABC


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Giant ABCs



Local recurrence rate after

classic surgical procedures

(curettage and grafting) is about

11.8%–30.8%

Treatment depends on

site & size of the lesion.


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Giant aneurysmal bone cyst - البروفيسور فريح ابوحسان - اكياس العظام العملاقه

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