Non-cartilaginous metaphyseal cysts in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease : report of a case

• Published in: Pediatric radiology Vol. 27; no. 10; pp. 824 - 826
• Main Authors: JOHNSON, C, MAY, D. A, MCCABE, K. M, GUSE, R, RESNICK, D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin Springer 01.10.1997; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; Biopsy; Bone Cysts - complications; Bone Cysts - diagnosis; Bone Cysts - surgery; Cartilage Diseases - diagnosis; Child, Preschool; Diagnosis, Differential; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Femur Head - diagnostic imaging; Femur Head - pathology; Femur Head - surgery; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease - complications; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease - diagnosis; Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease - surgery; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Male; Malformations and congenital and or hereditary diseases involving bones. Joint deformations; Medical sciences; Radiography; Human; Case study; Cyst; Posterior; Clinical form; Benign neoplasm; Child; Metaphysis; Hip; Osteochondritis of the epiphyses

Discrete metaphyseal radiolucent lesions, often termed "metaphyseal cysts", are a frequent finding in Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease. Recent literature emphasizes that such lesions represent ectopic physeal cartilage. This paper reports a case in which biopsy of the metaphyseal lesion indicate...