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Vet Comp Orthop Traumatol 1995; 08(04): 213-217
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1632459
Case Report
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Surgical Treatment of an Aneurysmal Bone Cyst in a Dog

J. M. Duval
1   From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine
,
J. N. Chambers
1   From the Departments of Small Animal Medicine
,
S. M. Newell
2   Anatomy and Radiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA
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Received for publication 15 April 1995

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09 February 2018 (online)

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Aneurysmal bone cysts are benign but locally aggressive lytic lesions of bone. Surgical curettage and cancellous bone grafting resulted in complete clinical and partial radiographic resolution of an aneurysmal bone cyst of the distal tibia.

Keywords

Aneurysmal bone cyst - curettage - cancellous bone grafting
 

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