Post-traumatic cyst-like lesion of cortical bone in children

• Published in: Skeletal radiology Vol. 48; no. 1; pp. 167 - 174
• Main Authors: Freire, Gonçalo, Cruz, Rita, Valentim, Maria Helena, Marques, Teresa Granate, Afonso, P. Diana
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.01.2019; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Bone lesions; Bone marrow; Case Report; Children; Compression; Computed tomography; Cortical bone; Cysts; Feature recognition; Fractures; Imaging; Lesions; Literature reviews; Magnetic resonance imaging; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Nuclear Medicine; Orthopedics; Pathology; Radiographs; Radiography; Radiology; Radius; Toruses; CT; Conventional radiography; Cyst-like lesions; MRI; Trauma

Post-traumatic cyst-like lesions are an infrequent complication of fractures in children. To our knowledge, no more than 30 cases have been reported in the English-language literature. They most commonly affect the distal radius following a greenstick or torus fracture. These cortical defects are of...