Table 1 Previous reports of solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst of the spine (modified from Suzuki et a l. [10])
From: Solid variant of aneurysmal bone cyst of the thoracic spine: a case report
Ref. | Age | Sex | Site of lesion | Presenting signs and symptoms | Radiological findings | Treatment | Follow-up | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
[2] | 7 | M | L4 | Back pain, swelling, and abnormal gait | Expansile cystic lesion in L4 lamina | Tumor shelled out, laminectomy | six years | No recurrence |
[2] | 6 | F | T2 | Back pain and palpable tender mass | Destruction of lamina of T2 | Partial piecemeal removal, laminectomy followed by irradiation (1.5 Gy) | one year | Residual mass |
[2] | 13 | M | T7 | Back pain, scoliosis, and myelopathy | Destruction of lamina of T7 with paravertebral mass | Subtotal excision, laminectomy, followed by irradiation (1.5 Gy) | three years | Recurrence at 6 months treated by curettage and bone graft with no recurrence for 3 years |
[4] | 10 | F | C1 | Pain and swelling | - | - | - | - |
[7] | 17 | F | T1 | Radiculopathy | Expansile lytic lesion in T1 lamina and spinous process | Subtotal excision, laminectomy | one year | No recurrence |
[7] | 16 | F | T7 | Back pain | Lytic lesion in T7 lamina and transverse process | Curettage and bone graft, irradiation (5 Gy) | eight years | No recurrence |
[8] | 9 | F | L3 | Back pain | Expansile osteolytic lesion in vertebral body, pedicle, transverse process, and lamina | Irradiation (20 Gy) | six years | No recurrence |
[3] | 14 | F | C7 | Neck pain | Expansile lytic lesion in spinous process of C7 and kyphotic deformity | N/A | N/A | N/A |
[3] | 8 | M | L5 | Radiculopathy | Expansile cystic lesion in L5 lamina and soft tissue mass causing L5 root compression | N/A | N/A | N/A |
[3] | 6 | F | T2 | Back pain | Destructive lytic lesion in T2 lamina and small rim of cortex in left paravertebral area | N/A | N/A | N/A |
[3] | 14 | M | T7 | Back pain | Destructive lytic lesion in T7 pedicle | N/A | N/A | N/A |
[6] | 12 | F | T3-4 | Back pain | Lytic lesion with destruction of neural arch | Excision and complete curettage | three years | No recurrence |
[5] | 9 | F | C4 | Neck pain | Expansile lytic lesion in C4 lamina and kyphotic deformity | Laminectomy, curettage followed by C2-5 fusion | one year | No recurrence |
Our patient | 18 | M | T6 | Chest pain | Expansile lytic lesion of T6 vertebral body, left pedicle, and lamina, and left sixth rib with soft tissue mass in left pleural cavity | Total spondylectomy T6 with left sixth rib resection and resection of intra-pleural soft tissue mass; circumferential reconstruction of vertebral column | 16 months | No recurrence |